Citizenship and Naturalization
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ILRC submitted a comment to USCIS in response to the revisions published on June 13, 2025 to guidance for disability waivers of the English and civics requirement for naturalization. ILRC opposed the 2025 revisions as they rely on a false narrative that fraud is rampant in the disability waiver process.
We also noted that USCIS states that the guidance is effective for applications filed on or after June 13, 2025, yet it appears in PM as of June 13, 2025. The thousands of applications in the pipeline that are filed before June 13, 2025, that should be adjudicated under the prior standards do not have that prior guidance available to either the applicants or the adjudicators.
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