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No Evidence ICE Targets Citizenship Offices; Focus on Workplace Raids

An ICE worksite raid in Ellabell, Georgia on September 4, 2025 intensified fears about workplace enforcement. By November 2025 there…

Bay Area Citizenship Classes Rise Amid Funding Cuts and ICE Actions

Demand for Bay Area citizenship classes surged in 2025 after ICE arrests and federal grant cancellations. IIBA doubled inquiries, USCIS…

USCIS Sees Record Citizenship Applications Amid Backlogs and Scrutiny

A record 11.3 million USCIS cases were pending in Q2 FY2025 amid a surge in citizenship applications and an 18%…

Botswana’s Golden Passport: Buy Citizenship for $75K, Open 2026

Botswana will open an Impact Investment Program in early 2026, offering citizenship for a $75,000 contribution plus fees. Designed with…

U.S. citizen pleads guilty to lying about Bosnian War abuses

A naturalized U.S. citizen, Nada Radovan Tomanic, pleaded guilty to lying on her naturalization application about alleged wartime abuse during…

King County Seeks to Change Citizenship Rules for Jail Hires

After admitting it hired 38 non-citizens, King County sued to loosen a citizenship requirement for corrections officers. The county wants…

Naturalized U.S. Citizens Feel Unsafe as Trump Policy Shifts

A 2025 DOJ push and Project 2025 policies have heightened denaturalization efforts and border scrutiny, prompting fear among naturalized citizens…

Catholic Charities Urges Sonoma County to Fund the Gift of Citizenship

In response to a May 2025 federal funding cut, Catholic Charities started Fund a Future Citizen to raise donor support…