The Trump administration announced its plan to revoke the citizenship of U.S. citizens on Monday. As part of the administration’s denaturalization campaign, the citizenship of criminals would be dissolved.

The Department of Justice revealed its plans to act against 17 citizens. These individuals have committed serious crimes. Some of the major illegal activities include wire and bank fraud, s– abuse of a minor, and d– dealing.

This comes as the largest ever effort by the U.S. government to naturalize citizens. Before this, the White House rarely used the power to revoke citizenship. Between 1990 and 2017, the government filed an average of 11 denaturalization cases. This time, a single operation is revoking the citizenship of 17 people.

Starting his second term as president, Donald Trump promised an immigration crackdown and ridding America of criminals. According to the federal law, the government can denaturalize a foreign citizen if they committed a crime or obtained their citizenship illegally. This could include filing with wrong information or hiding information during the application process.

Last month, there were over a dozen cases of denaturalization, and most of these were to target convicted felons. The Justice Department also revealed that some of these people hid information when applying for citizenship. Therefore, they lacked “good moral character,” a major requirement to get American citizenship.

Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division stated, “We will not turn a blind eye to those who unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship. Anyone thinking they can defraud the naturalization process should think again. We will continue to pursue anyone who unlawfully or fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship.”

The U.S citizens to be deported are from Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Mexico, Jamaica, Yugoslavia, India, Dominican Republic, Somalia, China, Philippines, Congo, Trinidad, and Tobago.

The man from Haiti allegedly s– abused his daughter. One being deported back to Yugoslavia was found to have abused a minor under the age of 15. The former Catholic priest, born in Colombia and a Filipino man were both involved in child s– crimes.

Many people support this decision and have expressed support online. One X user posted, “Getting rid of criminals from other countries is a good thing.” Another one added, “Sounds about right. The previous regime allowed all manner of fraud and DISRESPECT to the American people.”

The third one chimed in, “Good! The crimes committed deserve denaturalization and deportation. Ask yourself why this hasn’t been done before. It should be standard practice.”