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"In the first six months of 2025, we had at least double the amount of people reaching out by phone or email to me asking ...

First, very few of the students I met, of any age, could pass the new citizenship test. Second, very few of the schools I ...

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The U.S. government is adding more questions to the civics test that applicants need to pass to become American citizens, the latest step by the Trump administration to tighten the legal immigration ...

EXCLUSIVE: New Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow is wasting no time shaking up the path to American citizenship. Just weeks into the job, he's calling for a major ...

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

SAN ANTONIO – Beginning Monday, anyone applying for naturalized citizenship in the United States will need to study a new version of the naturalization civics test, more commonly referred to as the ...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted a Federal Register notice in September announcing the new test, which ...

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to make the U.S. citizenship test more challenging, potentially introducing an essay requirement. White House is reportedly planning to introduce an ...