Sen.Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., criticized Sen.
Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, during Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing after she accused the Trump administration of "terrorizing immigrant communities" during a session focused on the denaturalization of individuals convicted of fraud and other crimes.Hirono, a naturalized citizen, remarked on the SCAM Act, or the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation Act, during the hearing, titled "Protecting American Citizenship III: Denaturalization and its Constitutional Limits." She argued that the bill would impose stricter requirements on naturalized citizens than those born in the United States."I happen to be the only naturalized citizen sitting on this committee, and I am horrified by the implication that naturalized citizens basically get second-class citizenship," she said."As a naturalized citizen, I’m proud of it.
I can’t think of a more undemocratic, un-American thing to do to someone who chooses to become a U.S.citizen than to hold this over their heads and treat us like second-class citizens."EMMER INTRODUCES NEW BILL TO STRIP CITIZENSHIP FROM FRAUDSTERS AND TERRORISTS: 'YOU'RE GOING HOME'Sen.
Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., criticized Sen.Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, over her remarks concerning a bill to denaturalize U.S.
citizens convicted of certain crimes.(Getty Images)"We can talk about people 10 years later who commit murder or heinous acts, but the SCAM Act also allows people to be prosecuted for welfare fraud," she added.Schmitt subsequently accused Hirono of defending criminals—including rapists, murderers, and fraudsters—who he said were ripping off taxpayers."What I'm saying in this bill is if you do those things to the American people, if you take advantage of taxpayers… if you commit a terrorist act, if you commit wholesale welfare fraud, within 10 years, you're damn right we're deporting you," he shot back.
"If you are convicted in a court of law of these crimes, absolutely we should not only conv...