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The Trump administration has been routinely targeting legal pathways to citizenship, including giving officials broader discretion to deny naturalization on vague grounds such as “anti-American” views ...

AN EASY PROCESS. IT TAKES TIME AND MONEY. MANY CHOOSE TO TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH, ONE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO PUT A STOP TO. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES. THEY’VE ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officer Michael Hixenbaugh instructs an immigrant from the Philippines ahead of her naturalization exam on August 9, 2023 in Utqiagvik, Alaska. U.S.

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An immigrant studies to take a U.S. citizenship exam in Connecticut on March 29, 2025. Reporter Becoming an American may have just become more difficult. U.S. green card holders applying to be ...

The Trump administration is planning to make the test applicants take for U.S. citizenship more difficult, with a higher bar for passing and potentially an essay requirement. Speaking at an event ...