The DEPORT Act of 2026 strengthens terrorism-related screening in the citizenship process by requiring all applicants to sign a sworn attestation that they have never been convicted of or charged with terrorism offenses and do not intend to commit such offenses in the future. The Department of Homeland Security must update citizenship application forms within 180 days to include this attestation, which lists all 22 covered terrorist offense categories, and the citizenship oath of allegiance will be modified to include an explicit renunciation of terrorist intent. The bill also makes a technical amendment ensuring courts formally revoke and cancel naturalization certificates when entering final revocation orders. Most provisions take effect immediately upon enactment, though the new attestation requirement applies 180 days after enactment, and deportability provisions apply to any convictions entered after the bill becomes law regardless of when the underlying conduct occurred.
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