NEW YORK -- The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency.

Amanda Andrade-Rhoades The New York Times. To become ... To study for the civics test, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provides a guide of 100 U.S. government and history questions.

The IRC in NY’s partnership with the New-York Historical Society led to a very successful IRC Immigration Opportunity Center: Citizenship Program. New-York Historical’s Education Department offers ...

The test for legal immigrants to become naturalized U.S. citizens is about to get harder. Every person who applies for citizenship after Tuesday, Dec. 1, will have to study 128 questions about ...

A Colombian immigrant studies ahead of her citizenship exam at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Queens office on May 30, 2013, in Long Island City, New York.

Katherine Tichacek, a New York City regional spokeswoman for the agency, said in a statement: "In response to stakeholder feedback, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is currently exploring ...

Reemphasizing the basics of American citizenship might help solve some of the big problems the country faces, according to a new book on education. Chris Sinacola and Jamie Gass, the editors ...

The test (known as the “civics test”) is an oral exam during which a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) officer asks the test-taker ten questions from a list of 100 possible ...