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The test for U.S. citizenship is about to get harder

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Participants recite the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens in Seattle on July 4, 2025. Under the Trump administration, new applicants for naturalization will have to take a more difficult civics test that the government says is intended to ensure that only immigrants who are "fully assimilated" will become new citizens. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
Participants recite the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens in Seattle on July 4, 2025. Under the Trump administration, new applicants for naturalization will have to take a more difficult civics test that the government says is intended to ensure that only immigrants who are "fully assimilated" will become new citizens. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

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