For the Nation's Birthday, Making It Harder to Become an American

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Donald Trump chairs the White House Task Force on Celebring America's 250th Birthday, but celebrations face issues like performers pulling out.
Stephen Miller leads an effort to redefine citizenship as a tool of exclusion through immigration restrictions and denaturalizations.
Immigration policy changes are implemented via executive orders and bureaucratic maneuvers, bypassing Congress for over 35 years.
Travel bans and visa suspensions target dozens of countries, affecting nearly half of all visas issued in 2024 and remaking lawful immigration.
USCIS proposed forcing green-card applicants to leave the U.S. for processing, impacting most of the 1.36 million green cards issued in 2024.
USCIS created a Tactical Operations Division to investigate and potentially strip citizenship from legal residents, targeting thousands.
Denaturalizations, once rare, are being pursued aggressively, with plans to refer 100-200 cases to prosecutors monthly.
The strategy reflects a vision to maintain a white majority, echoing the 1924 Immigration Act's racial quotas.
The Supreme Court may rule on birthright citizenship, as Trump aims to end it, highlighting existential questions about American identity.
Current policies could lead to population decline, reversing historical growth and making the future resemble a restrictive past.

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