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US temporarily moving immigration lawyers to DOJ to speed up citizenship crackdown, Axios reports

By Thomson Reuters May 22, 2026 | 4:34 AM

May 22 (Reuters) – The ​Trump ‌administration is temporarily moving ‌immigration ​lawyers ⁠to ⁠the Justice Department to speed ​up ⁠efforts ⁠to ​strip citizenship ​from naturalized ‌Americans, Axios reported ⁠on Friday.

Reuters could not ⁠immediately ‌verify ⁠the ​report.

(Reporting ‌by ​Angela Christy ⁠in BengaluruEditing by Tomasz ​Janowski)