Law’s Cassandra Burke Robertson warns the justice department could weaponize denaturalization with new memo
BUSINESS, LAW + POLITICS |
July 16, 2025
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF
‘A tool of autocrats’: Trump’s DOJ targets naturalized Americans
Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-Baker Hostetler Professor of Law, warned that President Trump’s justice department could weaponize denaturalization against millions, not just criminals. A new memo grants broad prosecutorial power—echoing tactics used by autocrats.