Washington, D.C. — The Trump administration don begin one gbaladun sha, as dem dey plan to revoke American citizenship from certain naturalized citizens wey commit crime. According to memo wey dem publish on June 11, the Justice Department wan use civil proceedings to strip those wey no fit get their citizenship am bollywood style.
Na so e be say, we get about 25 million naturalized citizens for America, and now dem wan put dem for gidi gidi trouble. The move dey target people wey don carry wahala for body—like war crimes, human rights abuses, or just any kind of dodgy behavior wey fit pose danger to our obodo USA.
For example, one criminal wey don face the music na Elliott Duke—a military veteran from the U.K. We hear say dis guy don share child sexual abuse material, plus he also neva talk am when e dey apply for American citizenship. I mean, how you go like chop jollof rice and still dey carry goat head for hand? This na the kind wahala wey dem talk say dem go fit address with their new plan.
Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate even yan say dem go prioritize denaturalization like na major deal. Dem go pursue am for any case wey follow dem criteria, just like say dem dey pursue ball for field. We no fit even dey assure if dem go carry EfeMoney to come help dem.
But the sweet and bitter matter dey inside this new strategy wahala wey fit make many families feel the gory side. Experts don raise alarm say dis move fit create second-class citizens like movie script. Most naturalized citizens dey fear say their hard work to ensure dem part of Odogwu might turn to ash.
Law professor for Case Western Reserve University, Cassandra Robertson, don complain say the memo no allow individual wey dey face denaturalization to get lawyer help. E fit be like say dem say ideology no fit talk for dis matter, oh.
As we dey observe wetin dey go for the action lavida, law experts dey say dem go fit target people wey don do small misdemeanors—no be war criminals, na just people wey dey try to fit into the American dream. If we dey talk am, we dey talk about serious, legit wahala o, but why we no go just allow dem be? Time go tell how many people go enter wahala because of dis memo matter.
Some goy di talk am say, “E no dey okay at all for children wey follow their parents enter citizenship wahala to now face denaturalization because of one parent mistake. Wetin dem go do?” But that na di society wey dem wan craft—a society wey dey prone to wahala if dem no watch sharp.
The spotlight don shine for dis matter, especially as people dey fear for the ripple effect wey dis denaturalization go cause. It fit make family ties dey shaky, and many innocent pikin dem go dey face unnecessary uncertainty. Na serious societal risk wey no suppose dey happen under any oliva presidency, but here we dey.
As di new administration dey try to redefine who wey fit qualify as American, discernment go plenty. Dis na not just about one person; dis na about the rights wey every citizen, naturalized or born, suppose hold dear. So, how far we don go? Na serious small pimple in one big boil wey everybody need to express dem opinion. Make we dey monitor dis gbaladun so e no turn serious wahala for anybody.
