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US tries to strip citizenship of man convicted in New York terror plot
Source: The Guardian
US tries to strip citizenship of man convicted in New York terror plot
Prosecutors led by Trump appointee filed rare denaturalization
suit against Iyman Faris, who was convicted in al-Qaida plot to
destroy Brooklyn Bridge
Jon Swaine in New York
Tuesday 21 March 2017 00.45 GMT
The Trump administration has moved to strip American citizenship from a man convicted 14 years ago of being involved in an al-Qaida plot in New York.
Federal prosecutors led by a Trump appointee filed on Monday a rare denaturalization lawsuit against Iyman Faris, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge.
Faris, a 47-year-old Pakistan native who worked as a truck driver in Columbus, Ohio, is accused of illegally obtaining citizenship in 1999 by falsely swearing allegiance to the US.
The government alleged that by affiliating with al-Qaida, Faris had retrospectively proven himself “not attached to the principles of the constitution” and “not well disposed to the good order and happiness” of the country, as new citizens must promise to be.
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Prosecutors led by Trump appointee filed rare denaturalization
suit against Iyman Faris, who was convicted in al-Qaida plot to
destroy Brooklyn Bridge
Jon Swaine in New York
Tuesday 21 March 2017 00.45 GMT
The Trump administration has moved to strip American citizenship from a man convicted 14 years ago of being involved in an al-Qaida plot in New York.
Federal prosecutors led by a Trump appointee filed on Monday a rare denaturalization lawsuit against Iyman Faris, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge.
Faris, a 47-year-old Pakistan native who worked as a truck driver in Columbus, Ohio, is accused of illegally obtaining citizenship in 1999 by falsely swearing allegiance to the US.
The government alleged that by affiliating with al-Qaida, Faris had retrospectively proven himself “not attached to the principles of the constitution” and “not well disposed to the good order and happiness” of the country, as new citizens must promise to be.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/20/brooklyn-bridge-al-qaida-plot-iyman-faris-citizenship
