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US to Use Fake Social Media to Check People Entering Country

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers can now create fictitious social media accounts to monitor...

Wait Times for Citizenship Applications Stretch to 2 Years

More than 700,000 immigrants are waiting on their applications to become U.S. citizens, a process...

Watchdog: MDs with Convictions Hired to Examine Immigrants

The physicians, known as civil surgeons, review medical records and examine immigrants seeking lawful permanent...

Has the Trump Administration Launched an Immigrant ‘Denaturalization’ Task Force?

In June 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced they were staffing a...

Does a Specific Law Mandate Family Separation and Detention of Minors?

As public debate over the policy of separating families at the border continued, rumors appeared...

GOP Plan to Slash Legal Immigration Wins Trump’s Support

President Donald Trump embraced legislation that would dramatically reduce legal immigration, placing merit and skills...

Twitter Sues to Protect Identities of Users Running ‘Alt-Government’ Accounts

The social media platform says its users have the constitutional right to criticize the government...

DHS Audit Finds 858 Immigrants Likely Granted Citizenship in Error

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an audit which revealed more than 800 immigrants...

President Obama Changes Oath of Allegiance

President Obama has not removed a vow to defend the U.S. from the Oath of...