2026-03-31T22:09:21.552Z / 路透社
作者：安德鲁·古兹沃德
2026年3月31日 世界标准时间22:09 更新于1小时前
2018年7月18日，美国马萨诸塞州波士顿约翰·肯尼迪总统图书馆举行入籍仪式后，美国公民及移民服务局分发资料袋。路透社/布莱恩·斯奈德 档案照片
- 内容提要
- 法官批准剥夺因贸易盗窃罪名定罪的中国夫妇公民身份
- 特朗普治下的司法部将剥夺公民身份列为首要任务
- 邦迪称美国公民身份是一项特权
华盛顿，3月31日（路透社）——唐纳德·特朗普政府正在剥夺一对从中国移民到美国的加州夫妇的美国公民身份，二人已承认窃取商业秘密的罪名。
加州圣迭戈的一名联邦法官批准了司法部的请求，剥夺Yu Zhou（周宇）和Li Chen（陈莉）夫妇的美国公民身份。这对来自中国的夫妇于2020年承认共谋窃取商业秘密和电信欺诈的指控。
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美国地区法官詹姆斯·西蒙斯认定，周宇和陈莉犯下了“涉及道德败坏的罪行”，而她们在移民程序中本需展现良好品行。
联邦法律允许司法部在归化移民通过隐瞒或谎报重要事实获得公民身份的情况下，剥夺其公民身份。
在特朗普的第二任期内，司法部已在13起案件中成功剥夺公民身份，另有16起案件 pending（待审）。
随着特朗普将打击非法移民作为其政策的核心内容，剥夺公民身份是本届政府更广泛议程的一部分，旨在将美国公民身份描绘为一项可被剥夺或重新定义的特权。
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特朗普政府的司法部将于周三敦促美国最高法院推翻长期以来根据美国宪法第十四修正案赋予几乎所有在美国出生的人自动公民身份的权利，即出生地公民权。
“最新的这些剥夺公民身份案例表明，本司法部致力于确保公民身份仍是一项需要争取的特权，而非一项可被滥用的权利，”司法部长帕姆·邦迪周二在一份声明中说道。
周宇和陈莉的律师拒绝置评。
陈莉和周宇曾分别于2007年和2008年以H-1B高技能工人签证抵达美国，任职于俄亥俄州哥伦布市的全国儿童医院研究员。她们在9年后获得公民身份。
周宇和陈莉在2020年承认密谋窃取与儿科医疗相关的商业秘密以谋取经济利益。
司法部上周成功剥夺了两名因犯罪被定罪或认罪的乌克兰和古巴裔人士的公民身份。该部门还在寻求剥夺一名承认在入籍过程中撒谎的黎巴嫩移民的公民身份。
司法部民事部门去年将剥夺公民身份列为其首要任务之一。
在特朗普第二任期内司法部成功办结的13起剥夺公民身份案件中，有7起是在拜登政府期间提起的。
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US strips citizenship from couple in trade theft case, part of Trump immigration push
2026-03-31T22:09:21.552Z / Reuters
By Andrew Goudsward
March 31, 2026 10:09 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
Information packs are distributed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services following a citizenship ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
- Summary
- Judge approves denaturalizing Chinese couple convicted of trade theft
- DOJ under Trump emphasizing denaturalization as top priority
- Bondi says U.S. citizenship a privilege
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration is revoking the U.S. citizenship of a California couple who emigrated from China and pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets.
A federal judge in San Diego, California granted the Justice Department’s request to revoke U.S. citizenship from Yu Zhou and Li Chen, a married couple from China who pleaded guilty in 2020 to charges of conspiracy to steal trade secrets and wire fraud.
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U.S. District Judge James Simmons found Zhou and Chen had committed “crimes involving moral turpitude” when they were legally required to show upstanding character as part of their immigration process.
Federal law allows the Justice Department to revoke citizenship from naturalized immigrants if citizenship was obtained by concealing or misrepresenting important facts.
In Trump’s second term, the DOJ has secured denaturalization in 13 cases and has 16 pending cases.
As Trump makes a crackdown on illegal immigration a centerpiece of his policies, revoking citizenship is part of the administration’s wider agenda to portray U.S. citizenship as a privilege that can be revoked or redefined.
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Trump’s Justice Department on Wednesday will urge the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the longstanding right to automatic citizenship for nearly anyone born in the United States, known as birthright citizenship, under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
“These latest denaturalizations illustrate this Department of Justice’s focus on ensuring that citizenship remains a privilege to obtain, not a right to abuse,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on Tuesday.
A lawyer for Zhou and Chen declined to comment.
Chen and Zhou, who were researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, arrived in the U.S. on H-1B visas for highly skilled workers in 2007 and 2008, respectively. They became citizens nine years later.
Zhou and Chen admitted in 2020 to plotting to steal trade secrets related to pediatric medical treatment for financial gain.
The Justice Department last week succeeded in stripping citizenship from natives of Ukraine and Cuba who were convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes. It is also seeking to revoke the citizenship of a Lebanese immigrant who had pleaded guilty to lying during the naturalization process.
The Justice Department’s Civil Division last year identified denaturalization as one of its top priorities.
Seven of the 13 denaturalization cases the DOJ has secured during Trump’s second term were brought during the Biden administration.
Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
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