President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would “absolutely” denaturalize certain Americans, revoking the citizenship of some “criminals,” if he had the power to do so.
“We have criminals that came into our country and they were naturalized maybe through [President Joe] Biden or somebody that didn’t know what they were doing,” Trump said on Sunday in answer to a reporter’s question.
He added, “If I have the power to do it — I’m not sure that I do, but if I do — I would denaturalize, absolutely.”
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025.
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Trump also doubled down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric as he criticized people from Somalia who’ve been living in the United States and threatened his administration would pause new asylum claims for “a long time.”
“No time limit, but it could be a long time,” Trump said when asked how long he planned to enact a pause.
He added, “We don’t want those people. Does that make sense? You know why we don’t want them? Because many have been no good and they shouldn’t be in our country.”
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