Amanda Baran

Amanda Baran is a former official at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) who has voiced concerns about the recent push for increased denaturalization efforts in the United States. She argues that instead of reallocating resources to review the cases of naturalized citizens, the agency should focus on processing new applications and reducing backlogs. Baran emphasizes the importance of citizenship as a fundamental aspect of democracy and warns against the dangers of treating it as a status that can be easily revoked.