From Breitbart: President Donald Trump’s United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), led by Joseph Edlow, is strengthening the naturalized citizenship test to better assimilate legal immigrants into American society.
The modifications are being made to USCIS’s Naturalization Civics Test, administered orally, which requires legal immigrants seeking naturalized citizenship to answer a series of American history-related questions.
For years, the test asked immigrants just 10 questions regarding the U.S. Constitution and American history, of which they were only required to answer six questions correctly.
Now, adhering to Trump’s executive order titled “Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats,” USCIS is expanding the Naturalization Civics Test to 20 questions, requiring immigrants to answer 12 questions correctly.
In a post on X Monday morning, USCIS pointed to a press release from last month and announced, “We’ve updated the citizenship test to ensure new U.S. Citizens honor and embrace our country’s history, civics and values.”
The press release states:
USCIS has already announced several changes, including restoring robust vetting for all aliens and stricter reviews of disability exceptions to the English and civics requirements. USCIS has also provided officers guidance on assessing aliens’ good moral character, looking for positive contributions to American society instead of a mere absence of bad behavior.
The agency is also resuming neighborhood investigations to ensure that aliens meet statutory requirements and are worthy of U.S. citizenship. Other recent policies include clarifying that unlawfully voting, unlawfully registering to vote, and making false claims to U.S. citizenship disqualify aliens from showing good moral character.
In the coming weeks and months, USCIS will announce other initiatives to further enhance the integrity of the naturalization process.
“American citizenship is the most sacred citizenship in the world and should only be reserved for aliens who will fully embrace our values and principles as a nation. By ensuring only those aliens who meet all eligibility requirements, including the ability to read, write, and speak English and understand U.S. government and civics, are able to naturalize, the American people can be assured that those joining us as fellow citizens are fully assimilated and will contribute to America’s greatness. These critical changes are the first of many,” said USCIS Spokesperson Matthew Tragesser.
We’ve updated the citizenship test to ensure new U.S. Citizens honor and embrace our country’s history, civics and values.
Learn more about the new exam: https://t.co/EoSCADBxUU
— USCIS (@USCIS) October 27, 2025
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