Trump says he would ‘absolutely’ revoke citizenship from naturalized criminals — if he has the authority

President Donald Trump on Sunday noted his administration s halt on asylum processing in the wake of the deadly National Guard shooting earlier this week could last a long time and floated the possibility of revoking citizenship from specific naturalized immigrants with criminal histories While the administration has framed the asylum freeze as an exigency response to Wednesday s shooting the president s comments to reporters aboard Air Force One suggest the restrictions could evolve into a longer-term approach President Trump tied the pause to a more robust stance toward countries he derided as crime-ridden and vowed that he would absolutely de-naturalize immigrants convicted of crimes if it is within his presidential authority We have enough problems We don t want those people Trump announced adding that there was no time limit on the moratorium TRUMP HIGHLIGHTS FEDERAL LAW GRANTING PRESIDENTIAL POWER TO HALT IMMIGRATION AS CRACKDOWN ESCALATES We have criminals that came into our country and they were naturalized Trump declared vowing that If I have the power to do it I m not sure that I do but if I do I would de-naturalize Absolutely Trump clarified his latest use of the term reverse migration saying it means removing people already inside the U S Get people out that are in our country get them out of here Trump explained LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDING AFTER NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS SHOT NEAR WHITE HOUSERahmanullah Lakanwal a -year-old Afghan national is charged with shooting two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House on Wednesday U S Army Spc Sarah Beckstrom was killed while her colleague U S Air Force Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe remains in critical condition Both Guard members had been deployed to D C as part of Trump's crime-fighting mission that federalized D C police Trump stated he has invited both Guard members' family members to the White House I disclosed 'When you're ready because that's a tough thing come to the White House We're going to honor Sarah Trump informed reporters And 'likewise with Andrew recover or not Lakanwal faces one count of first-degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed in the shooting charges that prompted the Trump administration to halt all asylum decisions and pause issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports