New US citizenship test proving difficult for immigrants
- ambale
- 6 hours ago
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McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A new citizenship test rolled out by the Trump administration is being criticized as too difficult and could deter people from becoming U.S. citizens.
The migrant advocacy nonprofit group National Partnership for New Americans says the new test is longer and has multiple answers, rather than one-word answers that are more complex and subjective regarding American history.
“This new citizenship test is the latest deliberate and systemic barrier designed to exclude, not educate. A person’s ability to become a citizen should not depend on financial resources, literacy level, arbitrary historical opinions, or what they post on their social media accounts,” NPNA Executive Director Nicole Melaku said Wednesday. Keep reading here
