People hoping to become U.S. citizens will take a harder citizenship test beginning Oct. 20. The exam will now include 20 questions, double the previous number. These questions will be randomly ...

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 ...

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 ...

The changes were first signaled in September, when lawful permanent residents applying for naturalization began encountering ...

Those wanting to become U.S. citizens are now taking a new test, one that has twice as many questions as the previous one, and potentially controversial answer choices according to media reports. Test ...

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

Immigrants take part in a naturalization ceremony in the United States, where they receive citizenship after passing the civics and history exam required by USCIS. The U.S. government announced ...

Stephen Mihm, a professor of history at the University of Georgia, is coauthor of “Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance.” The Trump administration has been routinely targeting ...