I'll bet there will be pressure on the admin to revoke Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's citizenship

[cali]

He became a citizen less than a year ago. Was he planning the attacks at that time? Are there comments on his twitter account that could be used against him?

I believe others have had their citizenship revoked for swearing a false oath.

And no, I'm not advocating this.

[dkf]

1. What difference does that make?

I asked earlier if his citizenship status changes anything and nobody seems to think it does.

[kestrel91316]

2. Why would they bother? He's almost certainly going to get LWOP or the DP.

I suppose they could revoke his citizenship and then when he is dead, deport his remains.........

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. I had a post about this yesterday

The U.S. government could seek denaturalization and revoke his citizenship since he was admitted less than five years ago (late 2012, I believe). Under the various criteria by which he might be denaturalized could be the allegation he joined a terrorist or subversive organization or that he committed fraud when he took the oath of allegiance just a few months ago and was already forming a plan to commit a terrorist act.

But Constitutional rights extend to non-citizens legally present in the U.S. (as long as they have been inspected and admitted, they are a “person” under the Constitution). I assume that since he made an application for political asylum in 2002 based on a well-founded and reasonable fear of persecution that was adjudicated in his favor by U.S. immigration and obtained permanent resident status, he would still enjoy full Constitutional rights even if his U.S. citizenship is revoked.