Three citizenship ceremonies NPR attended in the Washington, D.C. area in January were largely celebratory experiences, ...

The Trump administration is wasting no time making American citizenship harder to access and easier to deny. Just weeks into the new term, the Trump administration has proposed alarming changes to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legal U.S. residents across the U.S. are rushing to apply for citizenship to protect themselves from being caught up in President ...

Immigration officers have been ordered by the Trump administration to apply a more holistic assessment of "good moral character" when deciding on naturalization applications, according to a U.S.

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 ...

Federal officials paused naturalization ceremonies at Austin City Hall, citing fewer applications and tougher vetting as ...

Legal U.S. residents are increasingly applying for citizenship because of concerns about the Trump administration's expanding immigration crackdown. But some legal residents are hesitant to apply for ...