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Latin Times
Latin Times
Politics
Pedro Camacho

Trump Admin's Push for Stricter Citizenship Test Seeks to Create Barriers for Millions of Immigrants, Advocates Say

Citizenship applicants await interviews at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Dallas Field Office (Credit: Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Federal officials are moving to reinstate a stricter version of the U.S. citizenship test, a change critics say could limit access to naturalization for millions of permanent residents, a new sprawling by Tampa Bay Times explains.

Joseph Edlow, the newly confirmed director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has argued during the last few weeks that the current test is too easy and does not fully reflect the knowledge Congress intended prospective citizens to have.

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