Trump official says administration will change visa, citizenship tests
Source: The Hill
07/25/25 5:30 PM ET
The new head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in an interview with The New York Times Thursday that the Trump administration will make changes to the visa system for skilled workers and look to make the test for U.S. citizenship more difficult.
The test as its laid out right now, its not very difficult, said Joseph Edlow, who assumed the role in mid-July. Its very easy to kind of memorize the answers. I dont think were really comporting with the spirit of the law.
The first Trump administration instituted a version of the test with an expanded pool of questions that was later rolled back under former President Biden. Edlow told the Times that the government planned to return to a version of the test from the first term.
Edlow also told the Times that the administration would seek to modify the H1-B visa program for skilled workers by prioritizing people who will earn higher wages. I really do think that the way H-1B needs to be used, and this is one of my favorite phrases, is to, along with a lot of other parts of immigration, supplement, not supplant, U.S. economy and U.S. businesses and U.S. workers, Edlow said.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5421194-trump-administration-visas-citizenship-test/

Karadeniz
(24,633 posts)Irish_Dem
(73,471 posts)usaf-vet
(7,655 posts)Pass to hold your seats, fail, pack your bags, and go home.
Irish_Dem
(73,471 posts)The test would have to be administered verbally.
They would still flunk it.
yes the can pack their damn bags and go live in Russia and China
since they hate democracy so much.
ananda
(32,890 posts)on the head of a pin.
riversedge
(77,363 posts)Irish_Dem
(73,471 posts)EverHopeful
(589 posts)I was embarrassed by how much I didn't know or didn't remember from back in the day when school still included civics classes.
I would bet cash money PedoPrez would get the lowest score ever seen on the citizenship test.
cstanleytech
(27,890 posts)If so I wonder if it's to prevent another Melania type issue from every occuring again.
colorado_ufo
(6,123 posts)
Vinca
(52,581 posts)We dont need no stinking middle class!
popsdenver
(296 posts)of "Einstein" Visas that Trump has usurped for the immigrant housekeepers, groundskeepers and lower level staff at all his resorts and hotels.
He even bragged during his first term, about how many he already had for employees at Mar-a-Gago and how he was gonna be able to get a bunch more now that he was President.......
During his first term, the FBI raided Bedminster? and found countless illegal immigrants working there. The also found boxes of blank Social Security Cards AND a small printing press to put the employees names on the cards..........I can only believe that was the case at all his properties......and surely still is...... given the fact that he now owns the FBI and DOJ..........
Trump has made himself THE Godfather of the world's largest crime syndicate......and is expanding it daily.....................
He is acting like he is the "BORG" and telling everyone "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE"............
republianmushroom
(21,134 posts)Wiz Imp
(6,688 posts)republianmushroom
(21,134 posts)Deuxcents
(23,694 posts)I taught citizenship classes and I had people who had tutoring to learn English. That test covers the Constitution, federal laws, responsibilities of the House n Senate. I learned at lot teaching it and Ill tell ya, those people are inspiring when you hear their experiences of just getting here. We laugh when Kimmel takes it to the street and asks simple civic questions to graduates who dont even know the simplest of questions..no one should graduate without basic knowledge of what they expect our new citizens to know. Weve got legislators that show their ignorance all the time!
popsdenver
(296 posts)That every Republican Politician and MAGAot Voter would fail the test miserably..........
Even those of us who had civics POUNDED into our heads, decades ago in Jr. High, would be challenged by some of the questions......
I don't think they even teach any of that any more, in ANY courses.............
Wiz Imp
(6,688 posts)I figure that would clear out about 3/4 of the Republicans in Congress and at least 90% of Trump's Cabinet including Trump himself.
kimbutgar
(25,879 posts)WarGamer
(17,729 posts)H1-B needs to cost the employer BIG MONEY.
Don't want to pay the American Scientist 325k a year... get an H1-B to hire a foreign scientist for 180k a year...
Charge the employer something like 50% of annual salary... hell, charge it annually!!
Bristlecone
(10,850 posts)milestogo
(21,615 posts)we should probably give them a test to ensure that they know what is in it.
hedda_foil
(16,811 posts)They're sure as hell not going to make it more constitutionally rigorous.
SouthBayDem
(32,893 posts)before being eligible to serve.
timms139
(371 posts)all seeking office along with a polygraph to start .They want to polygraph others after they get into office so test them first .
Godot51
(604 posts)A qualification test for all elected, appointed or any unappointed, unconfirmed advisors (monkey miller, this would be you) "public servants" is needed first.
I'd like to see drear leader drumpf pass a citizenship test as given today.
EarlG
(23,153 posts)Donald Trump: I dont know.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/04/g-s1-64239/does-a-president-need-to-uphold-the-constitution-trump-says-i-dont-know

(but sad)
Bengus81
(9,210 posts)SSJVegeta
(1,302 posts)I'll be okay with it