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Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to rule on its plan to end birthright citizenship

Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to rule on its plan to end birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to definitively rule on whether the president’s executive order purporting to end automatic birthright citizenship is constitutional. The two appeals, arising from cases in Washington state and New Hampshire, will likely determine once and for all whether the contentious proposal can move forward. It has long been assumed that …

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Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship

Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue before the justices for the second time this year. Despite more than a century of understanding that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship on people born in the United States, the Trump administration told …

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Can you answer these new US Citizenship questions? – The Hill

Can you answer these new US Citizenship questions?  The Hill Trump Administration Reinstates More Difficult Citizenship Test  The New York Times US immigration authority: We are introducing new test for citizenship applicants  Times of India Citizenship test changes: USCIS announces new naturalization test to become US citizenship  ABC7 Los Angeles U.S. adding more questions to citizenship test in latest step to overhaul legal immigration …

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Trump Administration Reinstates More Difficult Citizenship Test – The New York Times

Trump Administration Reinstates More Difficult Citizenship Test  The New York Times Are you an Indian H-1B visa holder eyeing a green card? Here’s what you need to know about the new US cit  Times of India U.S. adding more questions to citizenship test in latest step to overhaul legal immigration process  CBS News US will ‘overhaul’ the citizenship test: Here’s what’s new  The Hill …

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Trump administration plans to make citizenship test harder – Politico

Trump administration plans to make citizenship test harder  Politico USCIS, agency handling green cards and citizenship, to hire armed special agents who can make arrests  NBC News Exclusive | Agency That Issues Visas and Green Cards Is Hiring Armed Agents  The Wall Street Journal USCIS, which administers immigration system, adds law enforcement agents to its workforce  ABC News US Immigration to Form New Police …

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U.S. to resume “neighborhood checks” for citizenship applications as part of Trump push to heavily vet immigrants

U.S. to resume “neighborhood checks” for citizenship applications as part of Trump push to heavily vet immigrants

The Trump administration is reinstating a long-dormant practice of conducting “neighborhood checks” to vet immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship, expanding its efforts to aggressively scrutinize immigration applications, according to a government memo obtained by CBS News. The neighborhood checks would involve on-the-ground investigations by officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that could include interviews with the neighbors and coworkers …

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U.S. citizenship reviews will sharpen focus on ‘moral character,’ memo says – The Washington Post

U.S. citizenship reviews will sharpen focus on ‘moral character,’ memo says  The Washington Post US to ‘root out anti-Americanism’ in reviewing immigration applications  The Guardian Citizenship reviews now ask immigrants to show “positive contributions” to U.S.  Axios No anti-American behavior will be tolerated: New rules for visa holders, green card applicants  The Times of India Trump Admin to Flag ‘Anti-American’ Ideologies in Agency’s Benefit …

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Citizenship reviews now ask immigrants to show "positive contributions" to U.S. – Axios

Citizenship reviews now ask immigrants to show “positive contributions” to U.S.  Axios U.S. citizenship reviews will sharpen focus on ‘moral character,’ memo says  The Washington Post Trump administration to more heavily scrutinize “good moral character” requirement for U.S. citizenship  CBS News Trump Admin Expands ‘Good Moral Character’ Test to Become U.S. Citizen  Time Magazine Green Card Holders Face US Citizenship Application Review Change  Newsweek Source …

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