The Trump administration is taking steps to expand the “good moral character” test for U.S. citizenship. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that officers will be told to give more ...

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,” ...

A Colombian immigrant studies ahead of her citizenship exam at a USCIS office in New York City on May 30, 2013. Reporter The Trump Administration is introducing more stringent criteria for assessing ...

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Immigrants seeking citizenship status could now be denied if federal officers determine their behavior doesn’t follow “societal norms,” or is “frowned upon.” The Trump administration is revising the ...

When it comes to immigrants who want to become citizens of the United States, the second-term government of Donald Trump has turned on the moral compass. Although “good moral character” has long been ...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) August 2025 policy memorandum on naturalization applications demonstrates the agency’s heightened scrutiny in conferring citizenship and raises ...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is bringing a major policy shift that lays focus on holistic and rigorous approaches when evaluating the ‘good moral character’ (GMC) of foreigners ...

On Oct. 24, Judge John P. Cronan of the Southern District of New York rendered summary judgment in favor of an applicant for a license to possess firearms who had been denied for supposed inadequate ...