GOP Rep Says New Bill Could Lead To Mamdani’s Deportation

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., says new legislation he is introducing could open the door to stripping New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of his U.S. citizenship and deporting him if federal authorities determine he lied during the naturalization process.

Ogles promoted the proposal, which he called the “Remigration Act,” in a social media post aimed directly at Mamdani.

“My Remigration Act would retroactively denaturalize anyone who lied on their N-400 immigration forms in the last decade,” Ogles wrote.

“Zohran Mamdani may have done this in 2018. You’re welcome New York.”

Ogles included a video from a Newsmax interview in which he laid out broader immigration reforms he believes Congress should pursue as Republicans continue making immigration enforcement a top issue ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Speaking on Carl Higbie FRONTLINE, Ogles argued that America’s immigration system has been weakened by fraud, abuse, and poor enforcement.

“Immigration is an 80/20 issue,” Ogles told the Newsmax TV host.

The Tennessee Republican said many of the country’s current immigration challenges trace back to the 1965 Hart-Celler Act, which dramatically changed the legal immigration system.

“I have the ASSIMILATION Act, which redoes the immigration framework,” Ogles said.

“After 1965, Hart-Celler was put into place and really creates this mess that has been abused, used and abused. 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. The bill would increase the residency requirement for citizenship from five years to 10 years, expand the “good moral character” standard, strengthen English-language requirements, and revise birthright citizenship under federal law.

Ogles also called for a faster process to revoke citizenship from naturalized Americans who obtained it through fraud.

“So, we streamline the process,” he said.

“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.”

Under current federal law, denaturalization cases are generally handled through civil proceedings in federal court. The Department of Justice must prove that citizenship was obtained illegally or through material misrepresentation, and a judge ultimately decides whether citizenship should be revoked.

Ogles has argued that the process should be shifted to immigration authorities to speed enforcement. However, the current text of the ASSIMILATION Act primarily focuses on changing future naturalization requirements rather than fully overhauling the existing denaturalization process.

The congressman said immigration policy should be built around assimilation, public safety, and national security.

“If you come to this country and you don’t love it, you shouldn’t be here,” Ogles said.

“It’s that simple.”

“We get to decide who comes in, and we get to decide who leaves.”

Ogles also argued that stronger screening should happen before immigrants are admitted into the United States.

“We should know who’s coming in,” Ogles said.

“There should be a background check. You should have to have a job before you get here.”

He additionally called for 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.

“We owe it to the American taxpayer.”

The proposal comes as Republicans continue pushing for tougher immigration laws, stronger assimilation standards, and expanded deportation authority.

For conservatives, Ogles’ argument is straightforward: American citizenship should be treated as a sacred legal commitment, not a loophole that can be exploited through fraud or false statements.

The claim involving Mamdani has already drawn attention because of his growing influence in Democratic politics and his role as one of the most prominent socialist figures in the country.

Still, no court or federal agency has determined that Mamdani made false statements during his naturalization process.

Ogles’ proposal would not automatically revoke anyone’s citizenship. It would, however, strengthen the political debate over whether naturalized citizens who lied during the process should face faster removal.

For Republicans, that debate fits into a broader message heading into the midterms: citizenship matters, assimilation matters, and the federal government should have the tools to remove those who obtained legal status through deception.

The left will almost certainly frame the proposal as extreme.

But Ogles and his supporters argue the real extremism is allowing fraud to go unpunished in a system that determines who becomes part of the American nation.