Us Citizenship

Green card interviews end in handcuffs for spouses of US citizens

Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation

US appeals court rules Trump admin can't end birthright citizenship

A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president's birthright order. A three-judge panel of the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals became the fifth federal court since June to either issue or uphold orders blocking the president's birthright order. The court concluded that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on their claims that the children described in the order are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment. The panel upheld lower courts' preliminary injunctions, which blocked the birthright order while lawsuits challenging it moved ahead. The order, signed the day the president took office in January, would halt automatic citizenship for babies born to people in the US illegally or temporarily. The lessons of history' thus give us every reason to be wary of

US Citizenship: Green card holders face new civics test from October 2025

From October 20, 2025, US green card holders must pass a tougher 20-question civics test to qualify for citizenship under new USCIS rules

US citizenship rules: Stricter civics, English test, neighbourhood check

From October 2025, US citizenship applicants will face a tougher civics and English test, stricter moral checks and even neighbourhood investigations

Green card holders: US revives neighbourhood checks for citizenship seekers

USCIS officers may once again interview neighbours and co-workers to assess immigrants' moral character before granting citizenship

Lying about US citizenship means lifetime ban, USCIS warns immigrants

Immigrants who falsely claim US citizenship risk a permanent ban under new USCIS guidance

US to screen immigrants for 'anti-Americanism' in process to get green card

Immigrants seeking a legal pathway to live and work in the United States will now be subject to screening for anti-Americanism', authorities said Tuesday, raising concerns among critics that it gives officers too much leeway in rejecting foreigners based on a subjective judgment. US Citizenship and Immigration Services said officers will now consider whether an applicant for benefits, such as a green card, endorsed, promoted, supported, or otherwise espoused" anti-American, terrorist or antisemitic views. America's benefits should not be given to those who despise the country and promote anti-American ideologies, Matthew Tragesser, USCIS spokesman, said in a statement. Immigration benefits including to live and work in the United States remain a privilege, not a right. It isn't specified what constitutes anti-Americanism and it isn't clear how and when the directive would be applied. The message is that the US and immigration agencies are going to be less tolerant of ...

US Green Card holders warned: Tougher 'good moral character' checks ahead

US widens citizenship rules, ordering officers to weigh conduct, taxes, jobs and community ties in 'good moral character' test

Birthright citizenship: Travelling to give birth in US? Visa may be denied

US warns visas may be cancelled if used for childbirth to gain citizenship, as courts block Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship for non-citizens' kids

No fundamental right of Indians to adopt US citizen child of relative: HC

An Indian does not have the fundamental right to adopt a child of American nationality even from among relatives when the child is neither "in need of care and protection" nor in "conflict with law", the Bombay High Court has said. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale on Wednesday refused an Indian couple's plea to adopt their relative's son, who is a US citizen by birth. The child in the present case does not fall within the definition of either a 'child in need of care and protection' or a 'child in conflict with law' as per provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act and Adoption Regulations, the HC said. "There is no provision in the Juvenile Justice Act nor the Adoption Regulations providing for adoption of a child of foreign citizenship even between relatives unless the 'child is in need of care and protection' or a 'child is in conflict with law'," it stated. The bench also refused to exercise its extraordinary ...

Trump says he's considering 'taking away' Rosie O'Donnell's US citizenship

President Donald Trump says he is considering taking away the US citizenship of a longtime rival, actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell, despite a decades-old Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits such an action by the government. Because of the fact that Rosie O'Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship, Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday. He added that O'Donnell, who moved to Ireland in January, should stay in Ireland if they want her. The two have criticized each other publicly for years, an often bitter back-and-forth that predates Trump's involvement in politics. In recent days, O'Donnell on social media denounced Trump and recent moves by his administration, including the signing of a massive GOP-backed tax breaks and spending cuts plan. It's just the latest threat by Trump to revoke the citizenship of people with whom he has publicly disagreed, most recently his former adviser

US steps up move to strip citizenship from some naturalised immigrants

US Justice Department makes denaturalisation a top priority, using civil lawsuits to revoke citizenship of naturalised immigrants accused of crimes or fraud

US expands militarised zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirs controversy

Orange no-entry signs posted by the US military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts past onion fields and parched ranches with tufts of tall grass growing amidst wiry brush and yucca trees. The Army has posted thousands of the warnings in New Mexico and western Texas, declaring a restricted area by authority of the commander. It's part of a major shift that has thrust the military into border enforcement with Mexico like never before. The move places long stretches of the border under the supervision of nearby military bases, empowering US troops to detain people who enter the country illegally and sidestep a law prohibiting military involvement in civilian law enforcement. It is done under the authority of the national emergency on the border declared by President Donald Trump on his first day in office. US authorities say the zones are needed to close gaps in border enforcement and help in the wider fight against human smuggling networks an

Trump's push to end birthright citizenship may succeed, but not for long

Trump's move to end birthright citizenship sparks legal confusion, affecting H-1B families as courts weigh nationwide impact and class action bids

Ending a right: Challenging birthright citizenship won't end well for US

If Mr Trump indeed succeeds in rolling back birthright citizenship then it will stand as an epochal shift in American identity and in its role in the world

USCIS says no citizenship for immigrants without good moral character

USCIS has warned that green card holders with poor moral character will not be considered for US citizenship, citing the need for applicants to meet high ethical and community standards

Bangladesh's ex-PM Sheikh Hasina's son Joy takes US citizenship: Report

Sajeeb Wazed Joy took the oath of US citizenship at the US Citizenship Centre in Washington, DC and received his citizenship certificate on Saturday, the daily Bangladesh Pratidin reported

Palestinian activist expecting US citizenship interview arrested by ICE

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalising his US citizenship, his attorneys said. Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident who has held a green card since 2015, was detained at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, his lawyers said. The attorneys said they do not know where he is. They filed a petition in federal court seeking an order barring the government from removing him from the state or country. "The Trump administration detained Mohsen Mahdawi in direct retaliation for his advocacy on behalf of Palestinians and because of his identity as a Palestinian. His detention is an attempt to silence those who speak out against the atrocities in Gaza. It is also unconstitutional," attorney Luna Droubi said in an email. According to the court filing, Mahd

ICE violated rights of US citizen, 21 others during arrests: Activists

Federal immigration agents violated the rights of 22 people, including a US citizen, in immigration enforcement arrests during the first weeks of President Donald Trump's second term, Chicago activists and attorneys alleged Monday. The arrests allegedly violate a 2022 agreement between Chicago groups and the federal government detailing how US Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers can make collateral arrests, where agents detain others besides those being targeted. The agreement, following a lawsuit over 2018 immigration sweeps, covers Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Wisconsin, which are under the ICE office in Chicago. Every time you hear from this administration about how they're rounding up gang members, terrorists, the worst of the worst, you need to take a dose of reality," said Mark Fleming, an attorney with the National Immigrant Justice Center, said at a news conference. "You need to dig deeper to understand who exactly they are arresting. The NIJC

Indians received 7% of US green cards in 2023, reveals USCIS data

Vance stressed that residency is not a lifetime guarantee, and if the Prez and Secy of State decide that someone should no longer stay, "they have no legal right to be here - it's as simple as that"