The US citizenship test, officially known as the Naturalization test, is an examination that an applicant has to take to become a naturalized American citizen. This test is not for green card holders unless they are applying for citizenship. The new ...

Currently, 88% of citizenship test-takers pass on their first try. Even if the Trump-era changes reduced that rate, it’s unclear what that would demonstrate.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officer Michael Hixenbaugh instructs an immigrant from the Philippines ahead of her naturalization exam on August 9, 2023 in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Credit - John Moore—Getty Images The test most adult ...

Two centuries ago, the exam didn’t even exist. Under the terms of the Naturalization Act of 1802, citizenship merely required five years’ residence, an oath of allegiance and witnesses who could testify to the applicants’ character.

The echoes of Nazi-occupied Europe grow louder as ICE demands proof of citizenship from Americans based on racial profiling and suspicion. The reports, if accurate, are deeply disturbing: American citizens—both by birthright and through naturalization—being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without arrest warrants,