Joseph Edlow, the new director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said in an interview with The New York Times on Friday that the current naturalization test is too easy and does not reflect the intent of the law.
“The test, as it’s laid out right now, it’s not very difficult,” Edlow said.
“It’s very easy to kind of memorize the answers. I don’t think we’re really comporting with the spirit of the law.”
Immigrants seeking US citizenship will be required to answer more civics questions correctly in order to gain citizenship.
Edlow said significant changes would be made to the H-1B visa program for skilled foreign workers, which has been the source of bitter clashes between advocates of immigration restriction and tech companies.
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