DOJ widens denaturalization push The Justice Department has started using denaturalization more often, a rare legal tool that can strip citizenship from naturalized Americans if the government proves fraud or hidden crimes. On Friday, officials announced civil complaints or charges against 12 people from Iraq, Somalia, China, India, Uzbekistan, and Colombia. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said anyone who hid criminal histories or lied during naturalization will face the fullest extent of the law. After years when this tool was mostly gathering dust, the bureaucracy has finally found a new favorite lever. Allegations range from terror links to fake marriages Among the cases, authorities say Ali Yousif Ahmed got U.S. citizenship after claiming he fled Iraq because al-Qaeda attacked his family, while leaving out claims that Iraq later sought his extradition over the killing of two police officers. Another case involves Salah Osman Ahmed of Somalia, who naturalized in 2007 and later pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists, with prosecutors saying he belonged to al-Shabaab. Other defendants are accused of sham marriages or hiding serious criminal convictions, including Oscar Alberto Pelaez, a Colombian priest convicted of child sex abuse offenses. The basic idea is not complicated, even if…

What prosecutors say happenedWisconsin officials say Julio Cesar Morales Jarquin, a Nicaraguan national who was working at an assisted living facility in Dane County, has been charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault of an elderly victim. The allegations involve elderly women living in the facility, which is supposed to be a place for care, not a criminal case file. Families expect these places to be calm and closely screened, but this story suggests the system skipped right past the part where somebody checks the résumé with actual concern.ICE wants custody before the county lets goICE has lodged a detainer and is asking local officials not to release Morales Jarquin back into the community. DHS spokeswoman Lauren Bis said the man was released into the country under the Biden administration and urged Dane County leaders not to send him back onto the streets. Dane County is a sanctuary jurisdiction, so local policy limits cooperation and requires a signed judicial warrant before county jail staff hand someone over, even though federal immigration law does not require that extra step for a detainer. Bureaucracy, as always, is doing its best impression of a locked gate with no fence.The parole pipeline is…