L. Xia v. Rex Tillerson

PILLARD, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, five former Chinese nationals, received certificates of United States naturalization, on the basis of which they obtained United States passports. In 2006, government investigators discovered that Robert Schofield, an employee of the United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS), had illegally issued nearly 200 certificates of naturalization to individuals—mostly Chinese nationals— who, the government contends, had not satisfied the requirements to become U.S. citizens. After USCIS learned of Scho-field’s illegal activities, it administratively…