The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is bringing a major policy shift that lays focus on holistic and rigorous approaches when evaluating the ‘good moral character’ (GMC) of foreigners ...

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) allows immigrant survivors of domestic violence to self-petition for legal status in the United States without relying on their abusive U.S. citizen spouses to ...

A Colombian immigrant studies ahead of her citizenship exam at a USCIS office in New York City on May 30, 2013. Credit - John Moore—Getty Images The Trump Administration is introducing more stringent ...

A Colombian immigrant studies ahead of her citizenship exam at a USCIS office in New York City on May 30, 2013. Reporter Putin brushes off Trump's push for peace, why a Texas Democrat is locked in the ...

The Trump administration is moving to expand scrutiny of immigrants’ “good moral character” when deciding on citizenship applications. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced officers will ...

The Trump administration announced new policies focusing on "good moral character" and social media screening for naturalization applicants. USCIS will assess social media for "anti-American" or ...

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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 ...