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India-born Balwinder became Jaswinder for US citizenship. This happened next

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India-born Balwinder became Jaswinder for US citizenship. This happened next

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An Indian-born man who became a naturalised US citizen more than a decade ago is now facing a federal lawsuit that could strip him of his American citizenship after authorities accused him of concealing his identity and immigration history for over two decades. He applied for an immigration benefit, but an immigration judge denied the request later that year and ordered him deported from the US. For context, in the US, an immigration benefit is a legal status, authorisation, or protection granted to a foreign national, such as a visa, green card, work permit, asylum, or citizenship by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS (U.S. immigration agency)), enabling recipients to live, work, study, travel, obtain legal protections, and, in some cases, eventually become US citizens. Federal prosecutors said that the second application omitted any reference to Singh's earlier immigration proceedings, deportation order, or prior identity. A decade later, Singh applied for US citizenship in 2013. The USCIS approved his naturalisation application in 2013, making him a US citizen. If the court rules in the government's favour, Singh could lose his US citizenship. The investigation was conducted by USCIS, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security. This is hardly the first time American authorities have moved to revoke the citizenship of an Indian-born individual. Earlier this month, the US Department of Justice announced denaturalisation actions against 17 naturalised citizens, including an Indian-born CEO accused of filing fraudulent H-1B work visa visa petitions and providing false information to US authorities during his citizenship application process.

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