Human Impact Project

Miran Kostic, a 66-year-old Bosnian national living in Boise, Idaho, was indicted by a federal grand jury following an investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI, with cooperation from Bosnian authorities and a UN tribunal. Prosecutors allege that as a high-level official in the so-called Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, Kostic personally pistol-whipped, beat, and kicked prisoners, and ordered subordinates to abuse detainees as well. He is accused of lying about this conduct and concealing war crimes charges filed against him in Bosnia and Herzegovina during his naturalization process, including in applications and interviews with USCIS and the FBI. He faces charges of attempted naturalization fraud and making false statements to federal agents, carrying penalties of up to 10 years in prison per fraud count and five years for the false statements charge.

Khandaker Nazmunnessa Ullah, a Bangladeshi native who came to the U.S. in 1994, is a married mother of four and owns a convenience store with her family in Nashua. Federal prosecutors are seeking to strip her of U.S. citizenship, alleging she lied about her immigration history when applying for naturalization in 2007. Authorities claim fingerprint records show Ullah was ordered deported in 1995 under a different name before being granted lawful permanent residency in 1996. No court records suggest she committed any crime or human rights abuses.

Ronnie Price, a 40-year-old national of Trinidad and Tobago, is facing denaturalization after being convicted of statutory rape. Before naturalizing in 2016, Price had sexual intercourse with a female under age 16, a crime to which he eventually pled guilty. During his naturalization proceedings, Price falsely claimed he had never committed a crime. The Department of Justice filed denaturalization action seeking to revoke his citizenship based on his false testimony and concealment of material facts during the naturalization process.

A 69-year-old Colombian-born Roman Catholic priest is facing denaturalization after concealing his criminal conduct from immigration officials. He entered the United States in 1996 on a religious worker visa and served at churches in Virginia and Maryland, including parishes in Baltimore County and Harford County under the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He used his leadership position in the church to gain access to minor victims, sexually grooming and abusing a minor parishioner from age 11 to 13, and pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement, admitting to egregious conduct involving other minor victims, resulting in a 22-year prison sentence. The Department of Justice filed a complaint on June 5 alleging he concealed his ongoing crimes from immigration officials, illegally procuring his naturalization through concealment of material facts and willful misrepresentation of his sexual activity.

Louise Hunkporti, a 64-year-old native of Congo, is facing denaturalization after using a falsified identity to obtain U.S. citizenship. In 1995, Hunkporti applied for and was denied an immigration benefit. After being denied, Hunkporti adopted a new identity and submitted a falsified application under that assumed identity. She naturalized as a U.S. citizen on March 2, 2010 under the adopted identity. After USCIS digitized its paper fingerprint cards, the Department of Justice discovered that Hunkporti's fingerprints from her 2010 naturalization matched those she submitted in her 1995 denied application. The complaint alleges eight counts for her numerous misrepresentations and unlawful acts.

Federico Michel Fermin, a 54-year-old Dominican Republic native, is facing denaturalization after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute prescription drugs wholesale without a license. From September 2004 through August 2005, Fermin conspired with others to distribute more than $1.7 million in prescription drugs, altering drug packaging to make them appear legitimately sourced. A jury convicted him in 2011, and he was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment. During his naturalization process, Fermin falsely testified under penalty of perjury that he had never knowingly committed any unreported crime, and the Department of Justice alleges he illegally procured his citizenship through misrepresentation and concealment of material facts. His case is part of a broader Justice Department action filed against 17 naturalized citizens accused of concealing material facts or providing false information during their naturalization processes.

Neeraj Sharma, a 50-year-old Indian native and owner/CEO of staffing company Magnavision LLC in New Jersey, is facing denaturalization for concealing fraud when he naturalized. As an officer of Magnavision, Sharma signed and filed eleven fraudulent H-1B visa petitions with USCIS between April 2015 and April 2017, falsely representing that visa beneficiaries would be employed with a particular global financial institution and including forged signatures of executives on corporate letterhead. He became a lawful permanent resident in February 2012 and later naturalized in December 2017 after falsely denying, under penalty of perjury, that he had ever committed crimes or lied to gain immigration benefits. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey filed a complaint on June 4, 2026 seeking to revoke his citizenship as part of a Justice Department effort targeting 17 naturalized citizens.

Armando Mendoza, a 39-year-old Mexican native, is facing denaturalization after pleading guilty to receipt of sexually explicit images of minors. Beginning in 2009, Mendoza knowingly received such images. During his 2011 naturalization application and interview, he falsely claimed under oath that he had never committed a crime for which he was not arrested. He naturalized later that year. In 2013, Mendoza pled guilty to receipt of child sexual abuse material. The Department of Justice alleges he committed crimes involving moral turpitude during the period required to demonstrate good moral character and willfully misrepresented material facts during naturalization proceedings.

Talman Harris, a 49-year-old Jamaican native, is facing denaturalization after being convicted of securities fraud and wire fraud. Over an eight-year period, including during his 2012-2014 naturalization proceedings, Harris conspired to manipulate stock prices in publicly traded companies, causing more than $54 million in investments and approximately $39 million in investor losses. In 2016, after naturalizing, a jury found him guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. The Department of Justice alleges Harris committed crimes involving moral turpitude during the period he was required to demonstrate good moral character and falsely testified about his crimes during naturalization proceedings.

Tahir Lekaj, a 43-year-old native of Yugoslavia admitted to the United States in 1999, is facing denaturalization after being convicted of sexually abusing a child under age 15. When Lekaj applied for naturalization in 2004, he falsely claimed under oath that he had never committed a crime for which he was not arrested. He naturalized in May 2005. However, in 2022, Connecticut convicted him of two counts of sexual abuse of a child, with evidence showing the victim was 10 years old when abuse began in January 2003. The Department of Justice filed a complaint alleging he illegally procured citizenship through false testimony and concealment of material facts.

Andrea Marroquin, a 44-year-old Colombian national who inherited her father's assets, is facing denaturalization after the Department of Justice alleged she obtained U.S. citizenship through fraud. Marroquin applied for citizenship in 2001 while concealing that she was simultaneously married to two men, one Colombian and one American, and did not disclose the birth of her U.S.-born son. Prosecutors say that between 2003 and 2011 she helped arrange fraudulent mortgage loans using fictitious buyers, laundering between $550,000 and $1.5 million and causing losses of up to $565,000 to FDIC-insured institutions. She naturalized in 2009 despite falsely swearing she had never committed a crime, and the government has filed four counts seeking to revoke her citizenship.

Jean Claude Alfred, a 68-year-old Haitian-born man living in Delray Beach, Florida, who naturalized in 1994, faces a Justice Department civil lawsuit seeking to revoke his citizenship for concealing crimes during his naturalization process and falsely testifying under oath that he had not committed any unreported crimes. A Florida jury later convicted him of attempted sexual battery and lewd assault upon a child. The DOJ says the case is part of a broader effort targeting more than 400 people, described as the largest denaturalization push in U.S. history.

Leidys Delmas Garcia, a Cuban native who became a U.S. citizen on January 19, 2019, is facing denaturalization proceedings from the Department of Justice. Prosecutors say that between October 2018 and November 2022, she and others ran fraudulent physical therapy clinics that billed Blue Cross Blue Shield about $24.2 million, receiving roughly $5.8 million in payouts, of which Garcia personally obtained about $1.6 million. During her January 2019 naturalization interview, she denied under oath ever having committed a crime, despite her ongoing involvement in the scheme. She was indicted in November 2022 and pleaded guilty in July 2023, admitting her role in the conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud.

Victor San Shing Kwok, a 50-year-old native of the People's Republic of China, is facing denaturalization after being accused of using multiple identities and concealing prior immigration denials. In September 1994, Kwok sought admission under the identity Xin Cheng Guo. After an immigration judge denied his application, Kwok married a U.S. citizen and applied to adjust his resident status. He failed to disclose the prior denial of his application and his pending order of removal. There is no record that Kwok departed the United States as ordered by the immigration judge. The Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia filed a civil denaturalization complaint on June 4, 2026.

Maria Lourdes Montoya, a 63-year-old Mexican national, is facing denaturalization after fraudulently obtaining permanent residence and citizenship. Montoya misrepresented her husband's identity in both her permanent residence and naturalization applications, claiming to be married to Gilberto Montoya, a U.S. citizen who had actually died decades earlier. In reality, Montoya was married to Ernesto Orozco-Viramontes, a Mexican national who assumed the identity of Gilberto Montoya. Montoya knowingly leveraged this deception to obtain immigration benefits. The Department of Justice filed a five-count complaint seeking to cancel her naturalized citizenship.

Abdikadir Ali Kadiye, a 54-year-old Minnesota resident originally from Somalia, is facing denaturalization after being accused of seeking admission to the United States under two separate identities. Beginning in 1997, he first applied under the identity Liban M. Degel, claiming to be married with no children; after an immigration judge denied that application, he submitted a second application in 1998 under the identity Abdikadir Ali Kadiye. After naturalizing, Kadiye admitted to a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent that he had previously used two identities for admission. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota filed a civil denaturalization complaint on June 3, 2026, making Kadiye one of 17 people targeted in the Trump administration's latest denaturalization campaign.

Victor Manuel Rocha, a Colombian national, was targeted for denaturalization after being convicted of serving as an unregistered agent for Cuba. He admitted to beginning espionage for Cuba in 1973, before naturalizing in 1978, and falsely represented under oath that he was not affiliated with the Communist Party and had not committed unreported crimes.

George Ofuan Oyakhire, a Nigerian national, was targeted for denaturalization after obtaining citizenship on March 22, 1996, under the false name Oliver Bennett Oyakhire. He first entered the U.S. in 1986 under his true name but obtained temporary resident status in 1988 and permanent residence in 1990 using the false identity.

Debashis Ghosh, an Indian national, was targeted for denaturalization after conspiring to defraud investors of $2.5 million intended for aircraft maintenance facility construction before and after naturalizing in 2012. Ghosh falsely testified that he had never committed crimes on his naturalization application.

Abduvosit Razikov, an Uzbekistani national, was denaturalized after engaging in multiple sham marriages to obtain immigration benefits. Between 2005 and 2012, Razikov paid a U.S. citizen approximately $5,000 for a sham marriage, arranged another for his partner in 2007, and orchestrated a third marriage after obtaining naturalization. USCIS and the Department of Justice filed the denaturalization lawsuit as part of a broader action against 12 individuals accused of serious offenses.