Pass The Cyrus Act, Then Deport Chikei "Rick" Chow!

The death of 14-year-old Cyrus Monroe Carmack-Belton in 2023 has raised ongoing questions about accountability under U.S. law. Below are factual responses to three common points of inquiry.

How current deportation law works?

Naturalized U.S. citizens hold the same legal status as those born in the United States. Under existing federal law, they are not subject to deportation in the same manner as non-citizens. Only through a civil court process known as denaturalization may citizenship be revoked. This requires the government to prove that naturalization was illegally obtained or secured by concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation—most often involving fraud during the application process. Criminal convictions that occur after naturalization do not, by themselves, serve as grounds for denaturalization or removal under current statute.

Other federal immigration bills:

Recently, Congress has seen several bills that would expand the reasons federal law could revoke naturalized citizenship. Some focus on terrorism-related convictions, while others would allow denaturalization after certain serious felonies committed after naturalization. These are only proposals and have not become law.

Summary of the Cyrus Act proposal:

The Cyrus Act is a legislative concept advanced by the organization JusticeForCyrus.org. According to the group’s description, the proposal would establish procedures allowing detention without bond and potential deportation for naturalized citizens who are arrested for, charged with, or admit to specified serious crimes, particularly those involving the assault, death, or serious injury of a U.S. citizen under the age of 18, seniors, people with disabilities, or victims of domestic violence. At the time of writing, the Cyrus Act has not been formally introduced as a bill in Congress and remains an advocacy proposal. The organization presents naturalized citizenship in these limited circumstances as subject to review and possible revocation.

How would due process work under the Cyrus Act proposal?

Because the Cyrus Act exists only as an advocacy concept and has not been introduced as formal legislation, it does not contain detailed statutory language on due process procedures. Based on the descriptions published by JusticeForCyrus.org, the proposal contemplates detention without bond following an arrest, charge, or admission to certain serious crimes, followed by potential deportation proceedings. No specific information has been provided by the organization regarding the availability of hearings, the burden of proof, the right to counsel, judicial review, or other procedural protections that would apply to naturalized citizens under the proposal.

These points explain the current legal situation and related proposals. For the latest information, you can check official government sources like Congress.gov, the U.S. Department of Justice (justice.gov), or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (uscis.gov). Advocacy groups such as JusticeForCyrus.org and the American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org) also offer updated resources and viewpoints.

In the wake of the June 1, 2026, acquittal of Chikei "Rick" Chow in the shooting death of 14-year-old Cyrus Monroe Carmack-Belton, the JusticeForCyrus.org movement has erupted in South Carolina and beyond.

JusticeForCyrus.org has channeled raw grief into a bold legislative push: a unique nationwide campaign drive to draft, pass, and enact the "Cyrus Act."

At JusticeForCyrus.org, we unite to honor Cyrus Monroe Carmack-Belton and launch the Pass The Cyrus Act campaign. Our goal is to create a nationwide movement for a new federal law. This law would ensure that any immigrant who becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen faces detention without bond and deportation if arrested for, charged with, or confessing to heinous crimes, including assaulting a U.S. citizen (especially a child under 18) or causing death or serious injury. Under this law, Chow’s naturalized U.S. citizenship would be a revocable privilege, not a guaranteed right reserved for citizens born in the United States.

The Cyrus Act is inspired by the heartbreaking story of 14-year-old Cyrus Monroe Carmack-Belton, whom Chow, a Hong Kong-born store owner, shot in the back. This followed a false accusation of shoplifting four bottles of water and a foot chase of more than 100 yards, involving Chow's adult son, Andy Chow, before the elder Chow murdered Cyrus.

Once enacted and signed into law by the President, the Act would make naturalized U.S. citizenship a revocable privilege, resulting in the offender's immediate deportation.

As advocates for Cyrus, we have focused on researching, drafting, and laying the foundation for the Cyrus Act. Since Chow is a naturalized U.S. citizen, the Act would treat his citizenship as a revocable privilege rather than an unassailable right reserved for citizens born in the U.S., resulting in his immediate deportation to Hong Kong.

To ensure the enactment of the Cyrus Act, we must address potential constitutional challenges related to equal protection and due process. At JusticeForCyrus.org, we are committed to ensuring naturalized U.S. citizens receive a fair legal process before detention or deportation.

We have also researched the statutory citations and legislative history of a similar federal law, the Laken Riley Act. Named for a 22-year-old nursing student, Laken Hope Riley, in Georgia, who was assaulted and murdered by Jose Antonio Ibarra, an unvetted migrant and Tren de Aragua gang member from Venezuela, the Act passed both chambers of Congress with bipartisan support: 213 to 156 in the House and 64 to 35 in the Senate.

The Laken Riley Act, addresses crimes commited by unvetted U.S. noncitizens. With the backing and support of advocates for the Laken Riley Act, we have formed the foundation of the Cyrus Act campaign. (For proof, read more.)

Our message to Chow, the child murderer, is clear: under the Cyrus Act, his naturalized U.S. citizenship would be deemed a privilege that can be revoked, resulting in his immediate deportation to his country of origin, Hong Kong.

Chow, avenging the murder of Cyrus Monroe Carmack-Belton, has only begun!

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