Trump administration to more heavily scrutinize "good moral character" requirement for U.S. citizenship
Source: CBS News
Updated on: August 16, 2025 / 12:28 PM EDT
The Trump administration is signaling it will more heavily scrutinize applications filed by legal immigrants seeking American citizenship, in its latest effort to tighten access to U.S. immigration benefits. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency overseeing the country's legal immigration system, instructed officers on Friday to consider additional factors when determining whether immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship have a "good moral character."
Typically, legal immigrants with U.S. permanent residency, also known as a green card, can apply for naturalized American citizenship after a 3- or 5-year period, depending on their case. Demonstrating "a good moral character" has long been one of the requirements in U.S. immigration law for American citizenship, alongside passing English and civics tests.
For decades, under Republican and Democratic administrations, the "good moral character" assessment has generally been satisfied if applicants don't have any of the criminal offenses or disqualifying conduct outlined in U.S. immigration law. Those disqualifying factors range from violent crimes like murder and aggravated felonies to drug offenses and being a "habitual drunkard."
But a policy issued Friday by USCIS expands the "good moral character" assessment, saying that determination must involve "more than a cursory mechanical review focused on the absence of wrongdoing." Instead, the review, the agency told its officers, should be "a holistic assessment of an alien's behavior, adherence to societal norms, and positive contributions that affirmatively demonstrate good moral character."
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-uscis-ctizenship-good-moral-character-scrutinize/
Brought to you by the most craven immoral criminals to crawl on the face of the earth.
That should send Kegsbreath and Jerkie Pirro-ette packing, eh?
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Sexual Abuse, and Criminal 34 Counts of Felony in everyone's face. 
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That’s all I’ve got to say about Rump’s “good moral character” check.
That's their proof of 'good moral character.' 
Every time you're sure they've reached the bottom,
they prove there's another bottom.
Here's hoping they all end up on the bottom,
just like this, (sans life ring.) 
That's a lot of words just to say 'know your place and don't question the white folks'.
