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A North Carolina man had his naturalized U.S. citizenship revoked and was ordered to self-deport after pleading guilty to naturalization fraud, having concealed prior child sex offenses on his USCIS naturalization application. The case was pursued under Operation False Haven.
DHS and DOJ have finalized civil penalty procedures for noncitizens who miss voluntary departure deadlines, ignore final removal orders, or are caught entering unlawfully, adding one change that lets ICE accept late appeals when documented mail delays were beyond the person's control.
DHS has finalized its rule ending automatic extensions of employment authorization documents for noncitizens who timely file EAD renewals in certain categories, responding to public comments on the earlier interim rule and keeping its provisions in place.
DHS has proposed removing the USCIS regulation that generally gives deference to earlier approvals involving the same facts when reviewing extension requests. USCIS deference to prior approvals would end for petitions covering noncitizens' employment or stay, under the proposal.
The DOJ and USCIS have jointly filed denaturalization cases against 40 individuals accused of concealing serious crimes — including espionage, sexual abuse, and fraud — during their naturalization proceedings, marking what officials describe as the largest single-period filing of its kind.
New DHS data reveals that New York declined to honor more than 16,000 ICE detainers between January 2025 and October 2026, with over 52,000 criminal charges and convictions tied to those cases — here is what the numbers show.
