WASHINGTON, D.C. (Michigan News Source) – GOP Congressman Bill Huizenga says terrorists who become American citizens should lose that privilege if they’re convicted of terrorism-related crimes.

This week, Huizenga introduced the Deport the Terrorists Act. The legislation would overhaul deportation proceedings for naturalized American citizens convicted of financing, materially supporting, or outright committing acts of terror.

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“American citizenship is one of our nation’s greatest privileges,” said Rep. Huizenga, who represents West Michigan. “If a naturalized citizen is convicted of committing, supporting, or financing acts of terror, they should lose their citizenship and swiftly be deported from the United States.”

The current law states a naturalized citizen cannot be removed for terrorist acts without going through what Huizenga refers to as “the slow and complex denaturalization process.” The Deport the Terrorists Act directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize the removal of people whose citizenship is revoked due to a terrorism-related conviction.

One example stems from an attempted mass-casualty attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield in March 2026. Ayman Muhammad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen from Lebanon, rammed his his truck full of explosives into the synagogue and opened fire on congregants. Temple security killed him.