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U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a>‘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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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