Meaning of denaturalization | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or process of denaturalizing, of changing or destroying the quality (nature) of a thing.
   countable, uncountable
2. The involuntary removal of citizenship by a country
   countable, uncountable

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“In each feature of this sovereign friendship (exception, improbable and random unicity, metapolitical transcendence, disproportion, infinite dissymmetry, denaturalization, etc.), it might be tempting to recognize a rupture with Greek philía – a testamentary rupture, as some would hasten to conclude⟳, a palaeo- or neo-testamentary rupture.”

“The Justice Department has long pursued denaturalization on the basis of fraud. A 2016 Homeland Security Department Inspector General report⟳ found that at least 858 people had been given US citizenship despite having been deported under a different identity, because their fingerprints had not been in the system.”

“Still, denaturalizations are rare and can only occur⟳ in federal court. The Justice Department has filed 228 civil denaturalization cases since 2008, according to a DOJ official. Of the 228 cases, 94 were filed over roughly the last⟳ three years, indicating a recent jump⟳ in filings, the official said.”

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