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EXPOSED: Obama's Former DHS Chief Says It's Too 'Cumbersome' to Strip Citizenship from Terrorist Attackers

Gary FranchiMarch 14, 2026178 views
EXPOSED: Obama's Former DHS Chief Says It's Too 'Cumbersome' to Strip Citizenship from Terrorist Attackers
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Former Obama administration DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson just revealed everything wrong with the failed establishment approach to terrorism and immigration. Speaking on Fox News about the recent terrorist attack at Old Dominion University, Johnson actually complained that stripping citizenship from naturalized terrorists is too "cumbersome" - and said he'd rather just put them in jail.

Think about that for a moment, Patriots. A naturalized citizen who was previously convicted of supporting terrorists carried out an attack on American soil, and the Obama regime's former top immigration official thinks the real problem is that removing their citizenship involves too much paperwork.

This is precisely the kind of weak, bureaucratic thinking that put America at risk for eight long years under Obama and Biden. While everyday Americans suffer the consequences of radical Islamic terrorism, the deep state worries about making the deportation process more "streamlined."

Trump's Approach: America First, Not Terrorists First

The contrast couldn't be clearer between Johnson's failed approach and President Trump's America First agenda. While establishment swamp creatures like Johnson prioritize the "rights" of foreign-born terrorists, the Trump-Vance administration is focused on one thing: protecting the American people.

Under Trump's mass deportation program, naturalized citizens who commit acts of terrorism or support terrorist organizations should absolutely have their citizenship revoked and be shipped back to whatever hellhole they came from. That's not "cumbersome" - that's called justice.

"We need to make it easier, not harder, to remove people who hate America and want to harm Americans," one immigration enforcement advocate told Next News Network. "Johnson's comments show exactly why we needed to drain the swamp."

The fact that this terrorist had a previous conviction for supporting terrorists and was still allowed to remain in the country as a naturalized citizen exposes the utter failure of Obama-era immigration policies. How many more Americans have to suffer because weak leaders like Johnson think protecting foreign criminals is more important than protecting American lives?

Johnson's pathetic response perfectly encapsulates why voters overwhelmingly rejected the failed establishment and chose Trump's strong leadership. Americans are tired of being told that keeping terrorists in expensive federal prisons is somehow preferable to sending them back where they came from.

It's time to ask the hard question: How many more terrorist attacks will it take before the deep state admits that President Trump's tough immigration enforcement was right all along?

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Gary Franchi

Award-winning journalist covering breaking news, politics & culture for Next News Network.

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CommonSenseUSAVerifiedjust now
If you commit an act of terrorism against America, you've chosen your side and it's not ours. Period.
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AmericaFirst2024Verifiedjust now
This is what eight years of Obama's policies got us - bureaucrats more worried about protecting terrorists' rights than protecting American lives. Thank God we have people willing to expose this nonsense now.
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SecureBordersVerifiedjust now
The fact that a DHS chief would even say something like this publicly shows how broken our immigration and security system really is. We need complete reform from top to bottom.
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LibertyBell1776Verifiedjust now
Unbelievable. How is this even a debate?
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ConstitutionalConservativeVerifiedjust now
Can someone explain to me what legal process makes this so "cumbersome"? Is it just bureaucratic red tape or are there actual constitutional barriers here?
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PatriotDad2016Verifiedjust now
Too cumbersome?! We're talking about people who want to kill Americans and this guy thinks paperwork is the problem. This is exactly why we need leaders who put America first instead of making excuses.
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TexasConservativeVerifiedjust now
Exactly right! They can strip citizenship from people who don't pay taxes but suddenly it's too hard when it comes to actual terrorists?
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VeteranVoiceVerifiedjust now
I served two tours overseas fighting these exact same people. Now we're supposed to keep them as citizens because it's inconvenient to do the paperwork? Our government has failed us completely.
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SupportOurTroopsVerifiedjust now
Thank you for your service! You're absolutely right - this is a slap in the face to everyone who sacrificed for this country.