New US citizens use handheld fans to take shade from the sun during a naturalization ceremony at George Washington's Mount Vernon in Virginia, on July 4.
Mandatory Credit:	Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/Getty Images/File via CNN Newsource

New US citizens use handheld fans to take shade from the sun during a naturalization ceremony at George Washington's Mount Vernon in Virginia, on July 4.
Mandatory Credit: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/Getty Images/File via CNN Newsource

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Trump administration expands ‘good moral character’ requirement to become naturalized citizen

The Trump administration is expanding the requirement for immigrants who are hoping to become US citizens to display “good moral character,” in a move that some immigration lawyers denounced as a troubling change that adds uncertainty to the naturalization process.