The Enemy Expatriation Act ( and ) was a law proposed in the

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sponsored by Senators

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(I- CT) and

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(R- PA) and

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( D-PA). The bill would allow the United States government to strip US citizens of their

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if they participate in terrorism, defined as "providing material support or resources to a

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, as designated by the Secretary of State, or actively engaging in hostilities against the United States or its allies." In early 2012, the proposal was compared to the recently passed

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, and some writers have suggested that the two laws could be used together to take away citizens' civil liberties. The bill proposed to add to the circumstances under which US citizenship can be lost.

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Thomas Locator Text and Tracking of Enemy Expatriation Act
United States proposed federal immigration and nationality legislation Civil liberties in the United States Proposed legislation of the 112th United States Congress {{US-fed-statute-stub

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