‘Lack of moral character’: pair who stole secrets for China loses US citizenship
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Case reflects the Trump administration’s stated goal of ‘maximally pursuing’ denaturalisation wherever legally possible.

A federal judge has revoked the US citizenship of a naturalised married couple from China after their 2021 convictions for stealing sensitive medical trade secrets and sharing them with China, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Tuesday. On March 30, federal Judge James E. Simmons Jr. of California’s Southern District ordered the denaturalisation of Li Chen and Yu Zhou, ruling their crimes showed a lack of the “good moral character” required for American citizenship. Chen and Zhou…

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  • Entertainmeonly
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    5 days ago

    Why are we revoking their citizenship? Would it not be more correct to try them as traitors? This seems like a strange flex.