“My Remigration Act would retroactively denaturalize anyone who lied on their N-400 immigration forms in the last decade,” Ogles wrote.
You’re welcome New York.”
The congressman included a video from a Newsmax interview in which he outlined broader immigration reforms that he believes Congress should pursue.
“Zohran Mamdani may have done this in 2018
Speaking on Carl Higbie FRONTLINE, Ogles argued that the nation’s immigration system has been undermined by fraud and inadequate enforcement.
He blamed many of the current challenges on the 1965 Hart-Celler Act, which overhauled the nation’s immigration laws.
“I have the ASSIMILATION Act, which redoes the immigration framework,” Ogles said.
“Immigration is an 80/20 issue,” Ogles told the Newsmax TV host
There’s fraud, H-1B visas, the chain migration. So that’s part of it.”
The ASSIMILATION Act would make sweeping changes to legal immigration by increasing the residency requirement for citizenship from five years to 10 years, expanding the “good moral character” standard, strengthening English-language requirements and revising birthright citizenship under federal law.
Ogles also proposed creating a faster process for revoking citizenship from naturalized Americans who obtained it fraudulently.
“After 1965, Hart-Celler was put into place and really creates this mess that has been abused, used and abused
“If you’re committing crimes, if you’ve been here in the last 10 years, you’ve committed a felony fraud, we’re going to kick you out, and we move it from the DOJ to the naturalization immigration agency that handles this so they can expedite it.”
“It becomes an administrative process versus a criminal. And that’s how you do large numbers quickly.”
A judge—not an administrative agency—ultimately decides whether citizenship should be revoked.
“So, we streamline the process,” he said
While Ogles has argued that the process should be shifted to immigration authorities to speed enforcement, the current text of the ASSIMILATION Act primarily focuses on changing future naturalization requirements rather than overhauling the existing denaturalization process.
“If you come to this country and you don’t love it, you shouldn’t be here,” Ogles said.
“It’s that simple.”
Under current federal law, denaturalization cases are generally handled through civil proceedings in federal court, with the Department of Justice required to prove that citizenship was obtained illegally or through material misrepresentation
He also argued that stronger screening should occur before immigrants are admitted into the country.
“We should know who’s coming in,” Ogles said.
You should have to have a job before you get here.”
The Tennessee Republican said immigration policy should prioritize assimilation and national security
Ogles additionally called for the creation of a task force to review asylum and refugee decisions made during the Biden administration.
“We need this task force that can expedite these individuals, get them denaturalized and get them deported,” he said.
UPDATE: Congressman Andy Ogles has filed the REMIGRATION ACT, which would DENATURALIZE migrants *retroactively* up to a decade if they lied on their forms…
…including ZOHRAN MAMDANI in 2018
PASS IT!
We could get a LOT of “legal” 3rd worlders out this way
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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 27, 2026
The congressman’s comments come as Republicans continue to make immigration one of their top issues heading into the 2026 midterm elections, with several lawmakers proposing legislation aimed at tightening both legal and illegal immigration while expanding deportation authority.
