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'Good Moral Character' Expanded For U.S. Citizenship Applicatnts By Per Trump Admin
'Good Moral Character' Expanded For U.S. Citizenship Applicatnts By Per Trump Admin

The Trump administration has issued new directives to screen legal immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship. Applicants will now be required to display what seems to be heightened “good moral character,” as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services instructed officers in a memo sent on Friday. The update expands an existing assessment for ‘good moral character’ to include adherence to societal norms A “good moral character” assessment, alongside English language and civics tests, was already included as a requirement in the U.S. citizenship application. It was fulfilled by anyone who did not display criminal offenses such as murder, aggravated felonies, or drug offenses, according to CBS News. The memo issued on Friday expands the “good moral character” assessment to include “more than a cursory mechanical review focused on the absence of wrongdoing.” The screening should now be “a holistic assessment of an alien’s behavior, adherence to societal norms, and positive contributions that...

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