Naturalized, Then Neutralized
A proposed law and canceled citizenship ceremonies show how America is reclassifying immigrants as permanently provisional.
On January 8, 2026, Representative Earl “Buddy” Carter of Georgia introduced a new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives called the Fraud Accountability Act (H.R. 6975). It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee with bipartisan cosponsors, and its text signals a dramatic shift in how the government might treat the nation’s naturalized citizen…
