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The Trump administration is planning to make the U.S. citizenship test more difficult, potentially standardizing the test and adding an essay portion.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow said Thursday that the current test is "just too easy" and argued that people can be "coached" on how to pass.

These proposed changes to the citizenship test are just the latest example of the Trump administration bearing down on the U.S. immigration system even further during the president's second term.

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is planning to make the U.S. citizenship test more difficult, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow, who spoke at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington on Thursday.

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