The Trump administration has issued new directives to screen legal immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship. Applicants will now be required to display what seems to be heightened “good moral character,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. to more heavily scrutinize "good moral character" citizenship requirement The Trump administration is signaling it will more ...

according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). People seeking citizenship have to be able to prove they’ve maintained this standard for five years (or for three years if applying ...

A new directive issued by the Department of Homeland Security orders U.S. Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers to go far beyond statutory requirements and judge applicants for entry and ...

Elmi Mahamoud, 49, of St. Paul, teaches immigrants at Literacy Minnesota in preparation for their citizenship test. Mahamoud, pictured on Sept. 15, 2025, is an immigrant from Djibouti, Africa, and was ...

A Colombian immigrant studies ahead of her citizenship exam at a USCIS office in New York City on May 30, 2013. Credit - John Moore—Getty Images The Trump Administration is introducing more stringent ...

A Colombian immigrant studies ahead of her citizenship exam at a USCIS office in New York City on May 30, 2013. Reporter Putin brushes off Trump's push for peace, why a Texas Democrat is locked in the ...

New citizen swearing allegiance to America. For example, 1000 new immigrants just became citizens at Wrigley Field. But now, U.S. immigrants will have to pass a new good moral character citizenship ...

The Trump administration is signaling it will more heavily scrutinize applications filed by legal immigrants seeking American citizenship, in its latest effort to tighten access to U.S. immigration ...

The Trump administration is signaling it will more heavily scrutinize applications filed by legal immigrants seeking American citizenship, in its latest effort to tighten access to U.S. immigration ...