U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration on Thursday considered making the citizenship test more difficult, raising the passing criteria, adding a test component and reversing relaxed policies, in its effort to strengthen its discourse of alleged immigration fraud.
Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow said the current citizenship test is “too easy” and that a more rigorous format is needed that better assesses applicants’ civic and constitutional knowledge.
During an event Thursday in Washington, D.C., organized by the Center for Migration Studies, Edlow said the changes could include raising the minimum score and adding a written essay where the applicant explains what it means to be a U.S. citizen.
As part of its strategy, the service will reactivate interviews with neighbors and co-workers of the applicants, a practice not used since George W. Bush’s presidency, and seeks to reinforce its investigations with special agents.
Edlow stressed that the agency is moving away from an applicant-centric model to one focused on strict enforcement, declaring a “war on fraud” in the naturalization process, EFE reported.
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