{"id":332879,"date":"2026-05-11T14:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=332879"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:14:28","slug":"canada-gave-citizenship-to-a-terrorist-revoking-it-has-been-ridiculously-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/canada-gave-citizenship-to-a-terrorist-revoking-it-has-been-ridiculously-slow\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada gave citizenship to a terrorist. Revoking it has been \u2018ridiculously\u2019 slow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"l-longform-article__section\">\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">On May 31, 2001, a former Pakistan army captain named Tahawwur Hussain Rana swore the oath of citizenship in front of an Ottawa judge, who anointed him a Canadian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">But he&#8217;s a fraudulent Canadian, in accordance with a whole lot of pages of presidency documents obtained by Global News that allege he obtained his citizenship through \u201cdeception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The documents show that an RCMP investigation uncovered considerable evidence that Rana lied on his citizen application form by claiming he resided in Canada, when he didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Nonetheless, immigration officials gave him not only citizenship but in addition a passport \u2014 which he used to fly to Mumbai, India to allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/us-extradites-alleged-co-conspirator-2008-mumbai-terrorist-attacks-face-charges-india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mastermind<\/a> a terrorist attack that killed 166 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Twenty-five years after Rana swore at his citizenship ceremony to \u201cfulfill my duties as a Canadian,\u201d the federal government remains to be attempting to undo the supposed mistake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has asked the Federal Court to revoke his citizenship on the grounds that he became a Canadian through \u201cmisrepresentation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The case, nonetheless, remains to be unresolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Now awaiting trial in India for what police describe as his key role within the group behind certainly one of the world\u2019s deadliest terrorist plots, Rana stays a citizen of Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Acquiring Canadian citizenship is a comparatively straightforward process familiar to hundreds of thousands. Revoking it from those that never must have received it takes considerably longer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">A Global News review of cases which have come before the court over the past two years reveals that it routinely takes greater than a decade to rescind citizenship from those that obtained it through fraud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Even when immigration officials appear to have substantial evidence that foreign nationals obtained citizenship by submitting false information, the method is plodding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Canada\u2019s immigration department declined to reveal its \u201cprocessing timelines\u201d or discuss individual cases, but a Global News review identified 11 handled by the Federal Court since Jan. 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">In almost every instance, the time between the beginning of an investigation and revocation was at the very least 10 years \u2014 and a few are still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The one one which took less time involved a Filipino man who became a Canadian using a fake name. Revoking his citizenship was an eight-year exercise. A court challenge that was denied in 2024 lasted one other yr.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-longform-article__div l-longform-article__content l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--longform l-longform-article__content c-figure--wide l-longform-article__content--wide l-longform-article__content--inner c-figure--alignleft c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\" style=\"width:538px;\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-longform-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-longform-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanada is attempting to revoke the citizenship it granted to Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a convicted terrorist.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-longform-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tFederal Court\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Probably the most common reason cited by the federal government for rescinding citizenship was that it was obtained under a false identity, in accordance with the Global News review.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">For instance, when a Sri Lankan became a citizen in 2000 using the persona of a dead relative, after which married his cousin, it took 11 years to repair, plus two more for a court appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">In one other case, a Canadian admitted in 2011 that he was paid to marry a Chinese woman and sponsor her for citizenship. Her appeals were only exhausted in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The cases also involved citizenship that officials said was wrongly granted to those that had concealed their involvement in crimes and war crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The slowest and maybe most harrowing recent case involved a former Guatemalan army officer who became a citizen in 1992 after hiding his role in a massacre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Jorge Vinicio Sosa Orantes was a commander of a 1982 military operation that executed your entire population of Las Dos Erres, Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The soldiers bashed infants against trees; others were killed with sledgehammers. Girls were raped and executed. Men and boys were hanged from trees, in accordance with the Federal Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">To complete off any survivors, Sosa fired his gun into the well where the bodies had been dumped and in addition tossed in a grenade, the Federal Court ruled. The death toll was 350.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cWhen the patrol unit left Las Dos Erres, the village was effectively wiped off the face of the earth,\u201d wrote the Canadian judge who ruled on Sosa\u2019s role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Although Sosa was identified as a suspect within the massacre in 2000, his citizenship was only revoked in February of this yr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- close section --><\/p>\n<div class=\"l-longform-article__section\">\n<div class=\"l-longform-article__div l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"section-heading\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-article__sectionAnchor c-sectionHeading__anchor\" id=\"why-so-long-to-undo-citizenship\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tWhy so long to undo citizenship?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-longform-article__div l-longform-article__content l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"c-photoGallery\">\n<div class=\"c-photoGallery__inner c-carousel c-longform-gallery\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"carousel\">\n<div class=\"glide__arrows c-carousel__buttons c-photoGallery__buttons\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--left c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev c-photoGallery__button c-photoGallery__prev c-longform-gallery__prev\" data-glide-dir=\"<\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Image<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--right c-carousel__button c-carousel__next c-photoGallery__button c-photoGallery__next c-longform-gallery__next\" data-glide-dir=\">&#8220;><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next Image<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-carousel__goto\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<button class=\"c-photoGallery__closeButton c-photoGallery__button\" tabindex=\"0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-button__icon c-photoGallery__closeSvg\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#close\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Close Modal Gallery<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cIt\u2019s utterly ridiculous,\u201d said Toronto immigration lawyer Sergio Karas, who wrote an evaluation of the Sosa case for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibanet.org\/citizenship-revocation-and-international-atrocity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Bar Association<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cThe final problem with all these cases is that they are very\u00a0time-intensive, and\u00a0the federal government resources are finite,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cI don\u2019t think the federal government has the capability to allocate enough resources to those\u00a0types\u00a0of cases to make them move faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">But Canadian law has also been through significant changes, starting in\u00a02015, when the Conservatives made it easier to revoke citizenship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Prime Minister Stephen Harper\u2019s government brought in what it called a \u201cmore streamlined\u201d process that moved more quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Under the brand new rules, citizenship could possibly be revoked for terrorism, treason, espionage and taking on arms against Canada\u2019s military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">In the course of the 2015 federal election, the Liberals made that right into a campaign issue, using the slogan \u201ca Canadian is a Canadian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">In 2017, the courts struck down parts of the brand new law, and the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau modified the foundations again in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Citizenship can now be taken away just for fraud or misrepresentation, and only the immigration minister or Federal Court can achieve this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cThey went to 1 extreme, they usually needed to bounce back and at last give you something which I believe is workable,\u201d said Amandeep Hayer, vice-chair of the Canadian Bar Association of B.C.\u2019s immigration law section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">But\u00a0the shifts in laws meant that cases that were underway before the varied amendments needed to be stopped and restarted, adding more time to the method.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cThe most important issue could be just the constant changing laws, going from a process where there was very limited due process rights \u2026 to what now we have now, which is a completely laid out process on the Federal Court,\u201d Hayer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cThe federal government has to present their case if the person chooses, they&#8217;ve to offer evidence via the Canada Evidence Act,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cIt goes an extended solution to protect people\u2019s rights, but attending to this stage took so long and that\u2019s just delayed plenty of these cases<em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The UK says it has <a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/research-briefings\/sn06820\/\">annulled the citizenship of greater than 1,500 Britons<\/a> since 2010,mostly for terrorism and fraud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The U.S. filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-moves-denaturalize-12-individuals-concealing-terrorist-support-war-crimes\">de-naturalization cases against 12 people<\/a> on Friday they accused of hiding their involvement in terrorism and other crimes after they acquired American citizenship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">In Canada, revocation cases are \u201cvery rare,\u201d Hayer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Government data released to Global News shows that two dozen have occurred for the reason that start of 2024. An extra seven cases remain before the Federal Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Officials reviewed one other 92 cases during that point period but decided not to remove citizenship as a result of \u201cpersonal circumstances,\u201d in accordance with the info.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">An immigration department spokesperson called them an \u201cvital tool for maintaining the integrity of Canadian citizenship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cThe federal government is committed to procedural fairness and doesn&#8217;t take the revocation of citizenship or the choice to remove someone from Canada calmly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cThe Citizenship Act provides quite a few steps to make sure fairness has been integrated into the method.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Rana\u2019s lawyer declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- close section --><\/p>\n<div class=\"l-longform-article__section\">\n<div class=\"l-longform-article__div l-longform-article__content l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--longform l-longform-article__content c-figure--wide l-longform-article__content--wide l-longform-article__content--inner c-figure--aligncenter c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\" style=\"width:2048px;\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-longform-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-longform-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAnti-terrorist squad takes cover through the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, that killed 166. (AP Photo\/Rajanish Kakade).\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">A trove of documents obtained by Global News detail the RCMP\u2019s investigation into how Tahawwur Hussain Rana obtained citizenship in 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">When he applied for citizenship in 2000, Rana claimed to be a resident of Ottawa, and swore he had only left Canada once, for a six-day trip to London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Upon becoming a citizen in 2001, he even requested a letter from his Member of Parliament congratulating him on becoming a Canadian, the documents show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">But his story began to unravel in 2009, when he was identified as a suspect within the attack in Mumbai, India, the previous yr by the Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Two Canadians died within the assault: Elizabeth Russell, a former Montreal nurse, and her travelling companion, Michael Moss, a Montreal physician.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">A minimum of two other Canadians were wounded, including Michael Rudder, a <a href=\"https:\/\/reisler.ca\/reisler-talent-men-Michael-Rudder.html\">Montreal actor<\/a> who was dining on the Oberoi Hotel when gunmen stormed in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cTwo of my friends died on the table,\u201d said Rudder, who was shot 4 times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">He survived however the injuries ended his profession. His body can now not withstand the demands of a workday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cMy life went from working to non-working overnight. And it\u2019s been, what&#8217;s it, 16 years now. And I live in poverty,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a very rough go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Nine of the ten terrorists were killed through the attack, but a yr later, the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/tahawwur-rana-and-david-headley-indicted-alleged-roles-india-and-denmark-terrorism\">arrested Rana<\/a> in Chicago for allegedly providing support to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Using his Canadian passport, Rana had visited Mumbai days before the attack to assist gather information on targets, in accordance with Indian police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">He was also accused of plotting to kill the staff of a Danish newspaper that had printed cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohamed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Because the arrest put a highlight on Rana, officials in Ottawa began asking how he had acquired Canadian citizenship, when he appeared to live within the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cIt could be a possible revocation case,\u201d an immigration official wrote in an Oct. 29, 2009, email, after doing a rough calculation that suggested he had only spent just a few months in Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Canadian officials wrote to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to ask for details of Rana\u2019s immigration and travel history. The documents the U.S. shared indicated he was a longtime resident of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cU.S. immigration documents show that Mr. Hussain was within the U.S. before he immigrated to Canada and after he became a Canadian citizen,\u201d an official wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cIn most of the media reports, the reports keep stating that Mr. Hussain has resided within the U.S. for the last 10 years. Recommend file to be sent to the RCMP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The RCMP launched an investigation into \u201ccitizen 7506723\u201d on Dec. 11, 2009, and shortly amassed evidence suggesting Rana had lied about living in Canada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-longform-article__div l-longform-article__content l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--longform l-longform-article__content c-figure--wide l-longform-article__content--wide l-longform-article__content--inner c-figure--alignleft c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\" style=\"width:2048px;\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-longform-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-longform-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tFood market owned by Tahawwur Hussain Rana on Chicago\u2019s Devon Ave. (AP Photo\/Paul Beaty).\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The Ottawa apartment he gave as his home address when he applied for citizenship was leased to another person, who said Rana had never lived there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Shown photos of Rana, eight neighbours of a Kanata, Ont., address he had claimed as his previous home, also said he had not lived there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The RCMP officers then travelled to Chicago, where six neighbours said Rana had resided on their street through the time he was supposedly a resident of Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Sixty-one documents provided by the FBI showed Rana owned each residential and industrial properties in Chicago, the RCMP wrote in its report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">He was also involved in a food market, immigration firm and physical therapy service, all in Chicago, in addition to a slaughterhouse in nearby Kinsman, In poor health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The RCMP wound up its investigation in October 2012 and sent its report back to immigration officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Three months later, a U.S. court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndil\/pr\/tahawwur-rana-sentenced-14-years-prison-supporting-pakistani-terror-group-and-terror\">sentenced Rana to 14 years<\/a> for providing support to the phobia group behind the Mumbai attack. While Rana was acquitted of supporting the attack itself, his associate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndil\/pr\/david-coleman-headley-sentenced-35-years-prison-role-india-and-denmark-terror-plots\">David Coleman Headley<\/a> was convicted over the plot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">On June 13, 2013, Canada\u2019s Citizenship Investigations and Revocations section beneficial revoking Rana\u2019s citizenship. Rana was notified of the choice in January 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">However the documents show little further progress until 2020, when officials informed Rana they were restarting his citizenship revocation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">It wasn\u2019t until 2024 that IRCC notified Rana they were asking the Federal Court to make the ultimate decision. The case stays before a judge in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">On April 10, 2025, the U.S. extradited Rana\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/us-extradites-alleged-co-conspirator-2008-mumbai-terrorist-attacks-face-charges-india\">to India<\/a>, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.gov.in\/sites\/default\/files\/Document\/enc_8a784873ef5e693d292fc53c6bb07925.pdf\">police accuse him<\/a> of masterminding the Mumbai attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Rudder said friends who survived the mass shooting \u201chad trajectories that evolved from that moment, plenty of pain, plenty of operations, plenty of disability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">He was \u201call for\u201d revoking Rana\u2019s citizenship, he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-longform-article__div l-longform-article__content l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--longform l-longform-article__content c-figure--wide l-longform-article__content--wide l-longform-article__content--inner c-figure--alignleft c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\" style=\"width:2048px;\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-longform-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-longform-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanadian citizen Tahawwur Hussain Rana is escorted to court, Recent Delhi, India, April 28, 2025, after his extradition from the US. (AP Photo\/Dinesh Joshi).\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The \u201cCanadian\u201d accused of helping orchestrate the killing spree that turned Rudder\u2019s life around has pushed back against the allegations that he defrauded the citizenship system, and questioned the delays in his case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">Revoking his citizenship has taken so long that he has raised the time lag as a defence, claiming he can now not recall events from so a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The immigration department responded in its report on Rana that citizenship revocations were \u201can inherently lengthy process\u201d with no deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The report also cited \u201clegislative amendments in recent times which have significantly impacted procedures and processes with the intention to ensure the next level of procedural fairness to all individuals facing possible revocation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The revocation of his citizenship has now spanned three prime ministers and nine immigration ministers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">The department that launched the case, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), now not exists by that name. It was rebranded Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">In an email to the federal government typed in imperfect English, Rana asked the query others can also be posing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \">\u201cWhy did the CIC\u00a0waited\u00a0so long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-longform-article__p l-longform-article__content l-longform-article__content--narrow \"><em>Stewart.Bell@globalnews.ca<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- close section -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 31, 2001, a former Pakistan army captain named Tahawwur Hussain Rana swore the oath of citizenship in front of an Ottawa judge, who anointed him a Canadian. 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