New Delhi, April 23 -- The US Department of Justice has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it is seeking to revoke, as part of a broader effort to accelerate denaturalisation proceedings, according to a report.

Senior Justice Department officials informed colleagues during a meeting last week that civil litigators across the country would be tasked with pursuing these cases, The New York Times reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

The move signals a significant expansion of efforts to strip citizenship from individuals alleged to have obtained it improperly.

According to the news outlet, prosecutors in 39 regional US attorney's offices are expected to be assigned denaturalisation cases involving the t...