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Trump administration to more heavily scrutinize "good moral character" requirement for U.S. citizens
« on: August 17, 2025, 09:25:49 am »

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Trump administration to more heavily scrutinize "good moral character" requirement for U.S. citizenship
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Updated on: August 16, 2025 / 12:28 PM EDT / CBS News

The Trump administration is signaling it will more heavily scrutinize applications filed by legal immigrants seeking American citizenship, in its latest effort to tighten access to U.S. immigration benefits.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency overseeing the country's legal immigration system, instructed officers on Friday to consider additional factors when determining whether immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship have a "good moral character."

Typically, legal immigrants with U.S. permanent residency, also known as a green card, can apply for naturalized American citizenship after a 3- or 5-year period, depending on their case. Demonstrating "a good moral character" has long been one of the requirements in U.S. immigration law for American citizenship, alongside passing English and civics tests.

For decades, under Republican and Democratic administrations, the "good moral character" assessment has generally been satisfied if applicants don't have any of the criminal offenses or disqualifying conduct outlined in U.S. immigration law. Those disqualifying factors range from violent crimes like murder and aggravated felonies to drug offenses and being a "habitual drunkard."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-uscis-ctizenship-good-moral-character-scrutinize/
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Re: Trump administration to more heavily scrutinize "good moral character" requirement for U.S. citi
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2025, 09:30:43 am »
What is this nonsense?  How can the administration completely ignore the morality of democrats by requiring a higher morality from immigrants than currently used?  If they get too high a moral character, immigrants will have nothing in common with democrats. :whistle:
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