'Built his citizenship on fraud': DOJ targets Florida ex-mayor over alleged sham marriage, fake identity
FEBRUARY 20, 2026
Haitian-born defendant was allegedly previously ordered removed for using a photo-switched passport.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is moving to denaturalize a former mayor in Florida for allegedly misrepresenting his identity and immigration history to become a U.S. citizen.
Philippe Bien-Aime was first elected mayor of North Miami in 2019, but resigned in 2022 to lead an unsuccessful bid for the Miami-Dade County Commission.
'The complaint alleges that this defendant built his citizenship on fraud — using false identities, false statements, and a sham marriage to evade a lawful removal order.'
The DOJ filed a denaturalization case against Bien-Aime on February 18.
Prosecutors state Bien-Aime “willfully misrepresented his identity and immigration history throughout the naturalization process,” WTVJ reported.
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