Trump administration heightens ‘good moral character’ standards for potential US citizens

The Trump administration is ordering officers at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to take a more “holistic” approach when determining whether to award U.S. citizenship to immigrants, saying they must weigh more factors in determining whether an applicant has “good moral character.” The Friday memo from USCIS said officers must now weigh not just any disqualifying…