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USCIS Tightens Naturalization Rules as Approvals Fall Sharply
USCIS approved about 55,000 citizenship requests in the latest quarter, down from more than 230,000 a year earlier, as stricter vetting slowed processing.
- Nearly 380,000 potential voters may have been sidelined over the past year due to the Trump administration's reduced naturalization approvals, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released on Tuesday.
- USCIS spokesperson Zach Kahler defended processing delays, citing new requirements including reestablished civics tests, English proficiency standards, and social media screening for "anti-American activities."
- A coalition of civil rights groups accused the administration this week of targeting naturalized citizens, citing quarterly data showing approvals dropped to about 55,000 recently, down from more than 230,000 for the same period last year.
- Nicole Melaku, executive director of the National Partnership for New Americans, said the administration is intentionally extending wait times, calling it a "very clear attempt to curb legal pathways" to citizenship.
- Steven Camerota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, linked the cutbacks to executive dominance, while Texas state demographer Lloyd Potter warned that fear of deportation may be distorting survey data on naturalized status.
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Trump administration has slow-walked 380,000 potential immigrant voters
The Trump administration cut naturalization sharply over the past year, leading to accusations it’s holding back hundreds of thousands of people who might have voted in the midterms. It’s hard to say how those people might have voted had they become U.S. citizens. Naturalized citizens voted Democratic for president by a wide margin in 2020, […]
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