US Immigration from Mexico

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/trump-administration-citizenship-test-00544390

• The Trump administration, in its second term, plans to make the U.S. citizenship test more difficult. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director, Joseph Edlow, stated that the current test is "just too easy" and that applicants can be "coached" on how to pass.

• The proposed changes include making the test more "thought-provoking" and potentially requiring applicants to write an essay about what becoming an American means to them.

• The current test requires applicants to correctly answer 6 out of 10 questions from a list of 100, and also to have basic English skills. The new test would be expanded to 20 questions, with applicants needing to answer 12 correctly.

• These changes are part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to tighten the U.S. immigration system, which also includes expanding USCIS's law enforcement capabilities to combat fraud and resuming practices like interviewing immigration applicants' coworkers and neighbors.

If we lived together outside the US before getting the green card, will that count, or only after entering the US?

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20250829-VoterRegistrationGMC.pdf

Some key points

- green card holders who voted or attempted to vote at blocked from citizenship

- deportation can be initiated for any green card holder who committed voter fraud or claimed us citizenship to receive a benefit.

I imagine people who got accidentally registered will be freaking out.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/26/trump-neighborhood-checks-citizenship-applicants-00527680

Hi The Best and The Brightest,

We have a coyote/counselor. He says that normally the fingerprinting/photo email invitation comes a few hours after the initial interview email. Well, 5 days later still no email. Yes, I checked my spam box (but glad you asked). He says we shouldn't worry too much, because as soon as we had our first contact with him on Friday, he created an account at https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-mx/iv/schedule so that when we arrive in Ciudad Juarez, a few days before, if there is still no official fingerprinting/photo appointment, he can work it out directly with the people there. He says there will not be a problem because they will see that we immediately created an account, thereby showing our due diligence and good will.

As you know getting a green card is an onerous, costly project. We now have nightmare scenarios floating in our minds: We purchase plane tickets, reserve a room, go to Ciudad Warez then get rejected because we will not have obtained the necessary fingerprints and photos.

Kindly help us to unravel this Gordian Knot. We are 2 seniors in our 70's, crushed and exhausted by this process. Show us a little light at the end of the tunnel please!