Top DHS official calls citizenship test 'too soft' as terror attacks renew scrutiny of vetting

USCIS Director Joseph Edlow announces sweeping immigration policy changes, including tougher naturalization tests and ...
Homeland Security Today

USCIS Announces Results of Operation Twin Shield, a Large-Scale Immigration Fraud Investigation

USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow talking at the Operation Twin Shield Press Conference, Septemeber 30, 2025. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
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USCIS Is Placing a Processing Hold and Re-Reviewing All Immigration Benefit Applications Filed by Applicants from the 19 Travel Ban Countries and Pausing the Processing of All ...

On December 2, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum directing agency personnel to: (1) place a hold on pending immigration benefit requests for ...
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Their citizenship ceremonies were abruptly canceled. Months later, they are still waiting for them to be rescheduled

A day before his citizenship ceremony was supposed to take place, 74-year-old Avelino Gonzalez laid out his jacket and tie.
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Family rallies after longtime resident detained by ICE at citizenship interview

TACOMA, Wash. — Outside the Northwest ICE Processing Center, under sweltering heat, Melissa Chaudhry stood alongside her father—a retired veteran— while carrying her two young children, as she called ...

‘I Was at the Finish Line’: People Are Being Turned Away From Their Citizenship Ceremonies in Trump’s New Immigration Crackdown

Naturalization ceremonies across the country are being canceled at the last moment as part of Trump’s crackdown.