The Deport the Terrorists Act automatically revokes the citizenship of any naturalized US citizen convicted of a terrorism-related offense and makes such individuals immediately removable ... Lastly, the Deport the Terrorists Act directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize the removal of any individual whose citizenship is revoked due to a terrorism-related conviction.
Automatically revoke the citizenship of naturalized U.S. citizens convicted of terrorism-related offenses and make them immediately removable, while directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize their removal.
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Section 1451 requires U.S. attorneys to institute district-court proceedings to revoke naturalization when citizenship was illegally procured or procured by concealment or willful misrepresentation; it also provides notice to the naturalized person. Subsection (e) requires revocation after a conviction for knowingly procuring naturalization unlawfully under 18 U.S.C. §1425.
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Section 1481 says a U.S. national loses nationality only by voluntarily performing listed acts with the intention of relinquishing U.S. nationality. The listed conviction-related ground covers treason, forceful overthrow, bearing arms against the United States, and specified sedition-type offenses, not all terrorism-related offenses.
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Section 1227 applies to aliens: an alien admitted to the United States shall be removed upon order of the Attorney General if within a listed deportable class. Terrorist activities are listed as a deportability ground for aliens described in 8 U.S.C. §1182(a)(3)(B) or (F).
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Congress.gov lists H.R.3166 as a bill to add engaging in or materially supporting hostilities against the United States to the acts for which U.S. nationals would lose nationality. Its latest House action was referral to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, and the tracker status is Introduced.
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Congress.gov says S.247 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to add terrorism-support activities as grounds for loss of U.S. nationality by native-born or naturalized citizens and would direct passport denial or revocation for certain foreign-terrorist-organization members. The bill's latest action was referral to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and its status was Introduced.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 9096 as introduced by Bill Huizenga on June 2, 2026 and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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The bill would revoke naturalization for terrorism-related convictions, add a deportability ground, and direct DHS to prioritize removal.
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Huizenga introduced H.R. 9096 on June 2, 2026, and the bill directly matches the promise by proposing automatic denaturalization for covered terrorism convictions, deportability, and DHS removal prioritization. But the bill remained introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee, with no enactment shown. Current federal law still does not automatically revoke citizenship from naturalized U.S. citizens for terrorism-related convictions; existing denaturalization and nationality-loss statutes are narrower and generally require separate grounds or proceedings. This is a serious legislative effort, but the promised policy was not delivered.
The promised outcome has not been enacted in federal law. Current denaturalization and loss-of-nationality statutes do not automatically revoke citizenship from naturalized citizens for terrorism-related convictions, and removability on terrorism grounds applies to noncitizens rather than U.S. citizens. Related expatriation bills failed to become law. Because the evidence shows serious legislative attempts toward the policy during Huizenga's federal service but no enacted automatic revocation-and-removal rule, this is best scored as not delivered with an effort badge.