Indian-Origin Man to Lose US Citizenship After Concealing Rape Conviction

• Gurmeet Singh, an Indian-origin man, will be stripped of his US citizenship for concealing a rape and kidnapping conviction during his naturalization process.
• Singh had sexually assaulted a female passenger in his taxicab, binding, gagging, and blindfolding her before the rape.
• He became a naturalized US citizen in October 2011 after misrepresenting and concealing his criminal acts from federal authorities.
• After naturalizing, Singh was convicted in New York of Rape in the First Degree and Kidnapping in the Second Degree, receiving a 20-year prison sentence.
• The Justice Department initiated denaturalization action, emphasizing that citizenship is a privilege earned honestly and not through deceit.

Why It Matters: An Indian-origin man will lose US citizenship for concealing a heinous rape and kidnapping during naturalization.