-Liberian Man Loses U.S. Citizenship

A Liberian-born man convicted of molesting a child in North Carolina has had his U.S. citizenship revoked, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Cyril Domaquik Clemens, a Durham resident born in Liberia, was 71 when federal prosecutors charged him in 2025.

On April 3, 2023, he pleaded guilty in Durham County Superior Court to three counts of indecent liberties with a child. He was sentenced to 16 to 29 months in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender.

He confessed to molesting the child from November 1, 2011, through March 7, 2022. The victim was just 4 years old when the abuse began.

Clemens took the oath and became a naturalized citizen on February 19, 2021, while the abuse was still ongoing. He was not arrested on the state case until after his citizenship was granted.

On his N-400 naturalization form dated around October 1, 2020, he answered "No" when asked if he had ever forced someone into sexual contact — an answer prosecutors say he knew was false.

He also answered "No" to whether he had committed a crime for which he had not been arrested.

A January 26, 2021 interview and his N-445 ceremony form carried the same false answers.

He was charged under 18 U.S.C. § 1425(a) with three counts of unlawful procurement of naturalization.

A June 2025 indictment in the Eastern District of North Carolina carried a maximum of 30 years and automatic revocation if convicted.

The case was investigated by ICE ERO and HSI agents on the Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force under Operation False Haven, with assistance from USCIS fraud staff.

ICE announced on October 5, 2026, that his citizenship had been revoked following the naturalization fraud conviction.