SCAM Act Introduced To Revoke Citizenship Of Migrants Who Commit Fraud, Serious Felonies https://t.co/yOals17pTq
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 1, 2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) has introduced the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act that would strip citizenship from individuals who commit serious crimes within 10 years of their naturalization.
According to Schmitt, the legislation would expand the grounds for beginning the denaturalization process to include welfare fraud, aggravated felonies and joining a terrorist organization, including gangs and cartels.
Fox New reports that the SCAM Act would create a 10-year window, post-naturalization, which would lower the threshold for federal authorities to strike an individual’s citizenship and to begin deportation proceedings.
🚨 BREAKING: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) just filed legislation REVOKING the citizenship of legal migrants who commit fraud and serious felonies, including the Somalis in Minnesota
GET IT PASSED! 🔥
The SCAM Act applies to serious crimes after being naturalized: "It’s evidence… pic.twitter.com/IvTiCuhfml
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 19, 2026
Section 611(a) of Title 18 prohibits “any alien to vote” in a federal or mixed election for candidates for “the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner.” A violation of the statute is punishable as a misdemeanor. The immigration consequences that flow from violating this statute fall under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1182(a)(10)(D)(i) and 1227(a)(6)(A). Both statutes state that an alien “who has voted in violation of any Federal, State, or local constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, or regulation” will be deemed either inadmissible or deportable and therefore barred from admission or subject to removal from the United States. Neither statute requires a criminal conviction to find the alien inadmissible or deportable.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12767
Section 611(a) of Title 18 –
8 U.S.C. §§ 1182(a)(10)(D)(i) –
And 8 U.S. Code § 1227 – Deportable aliens –