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Denaturalization goes through civil courts and requires only "Clear and convincing evidence" which is a lower standard than "Beyond reasonable doubt"

Excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law#Loss_of_nationality

The process of denaturalization is a legal procedure which results in nullifying nationality. Based upon the 1943 Supreme Court decision of Schneiderman v. United States, clear and convincing evidence must be evaluated in processing a denaturalization action. United States Attorneys for the district in which a defendant resides bring suit in the jurisdiction's Federal District Court. Juries are typically not present and the defendant may be compelled to testify. Failure to testify may result in a presumption of guilt, though defendants can plead against self-incrimination. The standard of proof is not reasonable doubt, but rather clear, convincing, and unequivocal evidence. Decisions may be appealed in federal appellate courts and the Supreme Court. Once the legal process has concluded, the Department of State issues a Certificate of Loss of Nationality.

Standards of Proof in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(law)#Clear_and_convincing_evidence

Excerpt:

Clear and convincing proof means that the evidence presented by a party during the trial must be highly and substantially more probable to be true than not and the trier of fact must have a firm belief or conviction in its factuality. In this standard, a greater degree of believability must be met than the common standard of proof in civil actions (i.e. preponderance of the evidence), which only requires that the facts as a threshold be more likely than not to prove the issue for which they are asserted.

Why YSK: If you are a naturalized US citizen, you might want to reconsider if you want to protest and ending up being another Mahmoud Khalil. (Not saying to not protest, just informing you of the risks so you can decide for youself if its worth it or not).

And if you aren't a naturalized US citizen; Why YSK: So you understand that the risks of protesting is higher than the risks of natural-born US Citizens protesting, so I hope you don't judge them too harshly for not protesting.

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 123 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm not even convinced that the Trump admin wouldn't try to use denaturalization upon natural-born citizens and/or deport them for specious reasons.

They do not respect the rule or even the spirit of the law. Finding new and creative ways to interpret statutes is practically a sport to them.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

At this point I almost wouldn't mind being deported, if they sent me back to where my ancestors came from (Germany/Poland). Of course, what would actually happen would be getting shipped to that hole in El Salvador instead.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

if they sent me back to where my ancestors came from (Germany/Poland)

Do you have citizenship in those countries?

Because you might want to learn about statelessness

I'm not sure if you would get citizenship in those countries just because the US is being autocratic.

My situation tho: I was born in PRC so I had citizenship in China, but, the moment I obtained US Citizenship, according to PRC law, my PRC citizenship is automatically revoked.

So if the US denaturalizes me, I'm so fucked lol. (Not to mention, my anti-CCP speech in the US isn't gonna go well with pooh bear 👀)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean, if the US stripped my citizenship and deported me to Germany or Poland, obviously I'd be a refugee at that point.

But again, it wouldn't ever get to that point because Trump's ICE gestapo wouldn't give a shit about what would be best for me and would make deliberately punitive decisions about what to do with me instead.

Ditto for you, probably: you wouldn't be headed to China; you'd be headed to CECOT too.

you wouldn’t be headed to China; you’d be headed to CECOT too.

Same gulag, different flag.

[–] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Poland has citizenship by ancestors. If one of your grandparents (or maybe great grandparents?) were polish citizens you qualify to apply for citizenship. A number of European countries have options like that

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I looked into that, and I'm fairly sure I don't qualify (I think most/all of my ancestors immigrated before 1920).

[–] 4oreman@lemy.lol 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

ok but its litterally a war crime to take away someones citizenship if they only have one

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump is detaining European tourists in ICE camps for weeks for the "crime" of holding an incorrect visa (as determined by ICE for volunteering to do chores while staying with a host family).

I don't think he cares too much about committing war crimes. He hired Hegseth specifically because he's a loyalist who's happy to commit war crimes. The fascists are in charge, and cruelty is the point.

[–] 4oreman@lemy.lol 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

what do you think the end game is?

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

Brain drain, the collapse of public universities that rely on international students (which is probably many), and making tourists, legal residents, and non-natural-born citizens afraid to come or stay here.

Constantly attacking foreigners will make them leave or never show up, leaving the US a little dumber, a little poorer, making a little less economic/scientific/social progress, and a little more white.

And it's that last piece that they'll trumpet among their propaganda outlets and call it a victory.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you mean Internation Laws or Geneva Conventions, not all violations of the aforementioned is a "War Crime".

Human Rights Violation would be a better term for what you are describing.

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

Is it? Because war crimes are only defined in the context of a war, and I can’t see this scenario of an enemy combatant that is also citizen of the country it’s fighting and had no other citizenship. And even if it is, war crimes are only enforced after the war is over, on the losing side. Not on internal dealings of a country.

[–] Sibilantjoe@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You should probably include the actual grounds for denaturalization in your post, not just the standard of proof:

the Nationality Act retained as possible causes of denaturalization, treason, sedition, or conspiring against the United States; employment as an official with policy-making authority of a foreign government; and voluntary renunciation...Fraud, committed in conjunction with an application for naturalization can also make nationality voidable.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then both Trump and Musk should lose their citizenship?

[–] flippinfreebird@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't think they can do so for Trump, as he's born a citizen (on US soil), but that would be possible for Musk.

(on US soil)

A person born to a US Citizen parent anywhere in the world is also a natural-born US citizen, so this mean Ted Cruz, and ironically, the whole "Birthergate" racist conspiracy theory didn't matter at all, since Barack Obama's Mother was a US Citizen, so he would still be eligible to become the US president even if he was born in Kenya.

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The US is one of the only countries on earth where you have to pay ~3’000 USD in fees to lose the citizenship. Ridiculous.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

🤣

Or just move to some EU country and just refuse to pay your US taxes, what are they gonna do, arrest you? 😉

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Coincidentally the US is also one of the few countries that taxes its citizens who live abroad. So they get double taxed. Both by the US govt and the country they live in.

Or just move to some EU country and just refuse to pay your US taxes, what are they gonna do, arrest you? 😉

Most American citizens have family (like their parents) in the country. If they don’t pay taxes they would be arrested when visiting the US to see their parents on their deathbeds. Or situations like that. Not great.

[–] genevieve@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tax treaties exist between the US and many countries, primarily in Western Europe, to reduce double taxation.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And the US has a spotless record when it comes to honoring treaties right? Right?

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But even if you pay the tax to renounce citizenship, you could still get detained by ICE anyways, so what's the point. Just burn the bridge and never visit the US again.

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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It’s way worse than that; You have to pay income tax on your entire net worth when you renounce your citizenship. Basically, they say that when you renounce your citizenship, all of your assets are considered “sold” so you need to pay tax on it. The US also requires you to keep paying income taxes for a decade after you have renounced your citizenship. There was a big push around the 2008 crash, where congress became concerned that people would renounce their citizenship to dodge taxes. So they started making laws that required taxes to be paid even after expatriating.

Imagine moving to Germany and renouncing your citizenship, and you’re still paying income tax in America, for the income you made while in Germany.

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[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Worth noting that it's against international law to leave a person stateless.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

I find it charming when people cite "international law" as if it's really a thing.

Our species is really stuck on the idea that "somebody will do something" and it's just a matter of evidence or a strong enough case.

Sorry, nobody is coming, international law exists only as a wink and a nod between players who want to get something out of each other.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Laws are threats by those with power to enforce them. The UN will not threaten the US under any circumstance in any meaningful way. So for them to decide something is illegal is meaningless and, quite literally, of no consequence.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wonder if the Trump administration would follow international law seeing how they're openly defying court rules.

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

There's certainly no guarantee.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

America and Americans broadly do not respect "international law" as an idea. We don't vote for representatives in a UN House of Reps or UN Senate. And if we did why would we wish to be beholden to a majority rules vote when that majority combined might be inferior militarily.

America tolerates international law when it doesn't interfere with our course.

The idea of a "one world government" is treated as a fringe tin hat conspiracy theory nonsense that no one is advocating for.

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Umm what is the international police going to come and arrest trump? Do you actually think anyone in this government gives a shit about international law?

[–] Peck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

What law? Nobody cares about any international "laws" unless they can benefit from them and enforce them in some way.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Is the US administration aware that there are international laws? And if so does it care? It doesn't seem to care much about the local ones.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

International law at worst is just gonna slap some sanctions on us, which is something the current admin is already doing every other day.

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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lol bring me your huddled masses

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, so that I may destroy them once and for all.

I went to the statue of liberty once and I got the special coin thiny with that thing written on it. It felt so cool. (I lost it 😓, but still, it was cool when I had it)

Now I look at the statue and it makes me feel depressed.

Reminds of the the Man in the High Castle TV series promotional poster thing:

(Its not actually in the show, just a promotional poster)

Great TV Show btw, go watch it, it is very depressing but it's worth watching to see just how fucked up the world could look like. "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing"

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is more a reason to protest to me. If I can lose my citizenship by excersising my rights I rather do it sooner than later.

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It still requires due process.

  • The president appoints judges.

  • Judges can steer the direction of a court proceeding, even in a jury trial.

  • Denaturalization proceedings do not have juries, so the Judge is the sole decider of the law and of the facts. If you get unlucky and get a trump apointee... yea good luck.

  • Even if you win, the government will appeal, and we already know what the Supreme Court looks like.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, so does/did deporting soccer tattoo guy. But, look where we’re at now.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

was gonna say this.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

How do people like this still exist? Have you not been paying attention??

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 week ago

The 1943 precedent that established the standard ruled that a man could not be denaturalized by pure virtue of being a card-carrying communist. That would be the precedent for denaturalization, and if MAGA judges ignore that... well they would've ignored a reasonable doubt precedent anyways. I don't think this changes things.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

To be fair: Beyond reasonable doubt is the highest certainty.

It is probably impossible to achieve that for some of the things you might justifiably deport someone.

The clear and convincing proof part is also plainly ignored, so that's not the issue. The issue is a government that will execute its agenda no matter the law. You cannot stop that within the law as it is void.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reasonable doubt applies to criminal law. Civil law only requires the preponderance of evidence.

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