Man’s citizenship revoked for naturalization fraud
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In August 2014, prosecutors said Aguilar-Matias submitted an Application for Naturalization to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS). In March 2015, he was sworn in as a US citizen. However, in October 2019, he was arrested by the Bay St. Louis Police Department.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Aguilar-Matias pled guilty and was convicted of two felony offenses and admitted that his criminal acts took place between August 2010 and December 2010. He was sentenced to 20 years in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) and currently is serving that state sentence.
Agents determined that Aguilar-Matias knowingly and intentionally made fraudulent representations on his Application for Naturalization to conceal his felony conduct that occurred during a time period prior to his application for U.S. citizenship.
The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Enforcement & Removal Operations investigated the case.
Meanwhile, The Department of Justice (DOJ) has laid out new guidelines encouraging its attorneys to seek to strip U.S. citizenship from those who have naturalized if they have committed various crimes.
The June 11 memo tells attorneys in the Civil Division to move to strip citizenship from immigrants if they pose a threat to national security or gained the status through fraud by failing to acknowledge past crimes.

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