Tag: USCIS
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The new USCIS citizenship test recently initiated by USCIS is longer and more difficult. Recent statistics comparing denial rates during the Biden administration with those during the Trump administration show an increase in denials from 7.9% to 9.9%. In addition to a more difficult citizenship test, there is now more scrutiny of the applicants social…
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David Bier, Director of Immigration Studies at the CATO Institute, has written this post which lists the number of personnel that are now assisting ICE. They are from DHS (Customs and Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations, USCIS) and DOJ (ATF, DEA, FBI, etc) along with state police, local law enforcement (both 287g and not 287g).…
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This policy alert from USCIS (August 19, 2025) clarifies that discretion that can be used to deny US immigration status changes (for example a green card holder who is applying to become a US citizen) if the individual has “support(ed) or promote(d) anti-American ideologies or activities.”
Immigration Insight 