Can Trump strip Musk, Mamdani and others of their US citizenship? | The Take

US President Donald Trump is threatening to strip away citizenship from some naturalized citizens, including billionaire Elon Musk and New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. In a country where more than 25 million people are naturalized citizens, who is really at risk?

In this episode:

Heba Gowayed, professor of sociology, CUNY Hunter College and Graduate Center

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Tracie Hunte, Tamara Khandaker and Diana Ferrero with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Kisaa Zehra, Melanie Marich, Sarí el-Khalili, and our host, Manuel Rapalo. It was edited by Kylene Kiang.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhemm. Alexandra Locke is the Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.