For more than three decades, the United States has been handing out citizenship with little more than paperwork and faith that applicants were telling the truth. The one safeguard that actually tested whether someone was truly fit for citizenship was tossed aside.
Now, President Trump has put that security measure back where it belongs.
The Trump administration has officially brought back “neighborhood checks” for individuals seeking U.S. citizenship—a policy that had been abandoned since 1991.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a memo canceling the decades-old “general waiver” that eliminated these checks. Instead of relying almost entirely on FBI background screenings, Trump’s team will now require on-the-ground investigations.
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