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 ...

The changes were first signaled in September, when lawful permanent residents applying for naturalization began encountering a revamped civics test designed to be longer, more demanding and more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new citizenship test, which will take effect for green card holders who file for citizenship after Monday, includes twice as ...

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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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Raised in Northeast Philadelphia, sisters Perla and Aydee Trinidad do everything together, from speaking with a similar cadence to enrolling in the same college program. But these days, only one of ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to have only what he considers to be the right type of citizens. In the past, aspiring citizens had to answer at least six of 10 questions correctly, in an oral ...