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Time to List Islamist Organizations on Applications for U.S. Citizenship
Dexter Van Zile
April 3, 2026

It’s time to make a list of Islamist organizations that will get you banned from becoming a citizen or resident of the United States of America. There is precedent. It was (and still is) illegal for Nazis and Communists to become U.S. citizens. Foreigners who hid their totalitarian affiliations when becoming citizens were subject to denaturalization and deportation. It didn’t happen very often, but it did happen…Imams who come into the U.S. on temporary religious visas have no right to promote anti-Americanism under the cover of religion. Interestingly enough, the application for religious workers who hope to live in the United States temporarily makes no inquiry into the political activities or allegiances of foreigners intent on serving as religious leaders in the U.S. That needs to change. READ MORE