Changes to US citizenship test raise questions about difficulty of naturalization process

In October 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) made changes to the civics exam.
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US will ‘overhaul’ the citizenship test: Here’s what’s new

The new test is longer and includes an updated list of questions.
New Republic

Trump Is Gunning for Birthright Citizenship—and Testing the High Court

The president-elect has targeted the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship protections for deletion. The Supreme Court might grant his wish. President-elect Donald Trump has wanted to end birthright ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Immigrants take a citizenship test. How would natural-born Americans score?

To the editor: Testing prospective citizens on civics is fine. But how many current citizens could pass the American citizenship exam? (“U.S. citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for ...

Could You Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test? We Put Our Coworkers to the Test

Deborah Duncan quizzes coworkers with real U.S. citizenship test questions. See who passes and who gets stumped!
Yahoo

Trump Is Gunning for Birthright Citizenship—and Testing the High Court

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President-elect Donald Trump has wanted to end birthright citizenship for almost a decade. He first called for its elimination in ...