Hirono Leads Senate Fight Against Trump’s Surprise Citizenship Test Crackdown (EXCLUSIVE)
Hawaii’s immigrant senator demands answers after Trump revives a tougher naturalization civics test—calling out the harm to future Americans and demanding for the White House to justify the change.
WASHINGTON — Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, leading a group of Senate Democrats, is challenging the Trump administration’s decision to dramatically overhaul the naturalization civics test in a move she says will block citizenship applicants from achieving the American dream.
In a letter released today to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow, Hirono—herself a Japanese immigrant who arrived in the United States at age eight—is demanding the administration justify why it’s making the civics test harder without scientific evidence or meaningful public input.