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U.S. removes Trump-era barriers to citizenship-test waivers for disabled immigrants

In 2020, the Trump administration nearly doubled the length of the form that immigrants with disabilities can use to apply for a citizenship-test waiver. The government recently shortened and simplified the form. Here, a person holds an American flag while participating in a naturalization ceremony to become a U.S. citizen in Miami in 2018. (Getty Images)
In 2020, the Trump administration nearly doubled the length of the form that immigrants with disabilities can use to apply for a citizenship-test waiver. The government recently shortened and simplified the form. Here, a person holds an American flag while participating in a naturalization ceremony to become a U.S. citizen in Miami in 2018. (Getty Images)

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