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- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a surge in denaturalization efforts against naturalized citizens deemed fraudulent.
- He told CBS News in Phoenix that the Justice Department is pursuing more denaturalization cases than in the prior nine years.
- The department must prove fraud in civil or criminal court to revoke citizenship, a step used in over 300 cases from 1990 to 2017.
- Those targeted can challenge the denaturalization action in court.
