Federal Judge Strips Chinese Couple of US Citizenship for Stealing Sensitive Secrets
Facts Matter
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In a rare case of denaturalization, a federal judge has stripped the U.S. citizenship of a Chinese couple living here in America. Let’s go through what this couple did (with the assistance of the Chinese communist government).
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| 0:00.0 | In a rare case of denaturalization, a federal judge has just stripped the U.S. citizenship of a Chinese |
| 0:07.6 | couple, a Chinese man and woman living right here in America. This came after this husband and wife |
| 0:13.2 | dynamic duo were convicted of stealing medical trade secrets from America to China. |
| 0:19.6 | Now, interestingly, the couple actually pled guilty and served several years in prison, |
| 0:23.6 | but even after that, the DOJ, the Department of Justice, they felt that their crimes were so |
| 0:30.6 | morally reprehensible that they could not remain here as naturalized U.S. citizens. |
| 0:35.6 | Let's go through the details of what actually took place |
| 0:38.4 | together, what this couple did, how they came to America, and why it was so, as the DOJ put it, |
| 0:44.5 | morally repugnant, that they had to not only serve several years behind bars, but also literally |
| 0:50.2 | get booted from the country. And as always, if you appreciate content like this, |
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| 1:01.1 | for that. Now, to start with, these are the two individuals in question. They're up on your screen. |
| 1:05.2 | You have Ms. Lee Chen and Mr. Yu Joe. In terms of the wife, Lee Chen, back in 2007, the nationwide children's hospital |
| 1:14.5 | in Columbus, Ohio, sponsored her to come here through an H-1B visa, meaning she was able to come here |
| 1:21.3 | to Ohio to work for the hospital because the hospital claimed they were not able to find |
| 1:26.4 | an American to fill that research |
| 1:28.4 | role. Then in 2011, Ms. Chen got a bit of an upgrade. She filed a green card application using form |
| 1:34.9 | I-140, claiming to be an alien worker of extraordinary ability. It basically means she is at the |
| 1:41.9 | top of her field, she has some kind of an unusual, rare talent or ability, and therefore, she should be granted |
| 1:47.7 | a green card to stay here in America. |
| 1:50.5 | U.S. Immigration Services approved, and she was granted a green card back in the year 2011. |
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