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Immigrants are sworn in as new US citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles, Aug. 22, 2019.

Immigration experts sound alarm over new federal office on denaturalizations

Immigration

Officials say they’ll look for people who lied during naturalization, and ask a judge to strip them of citizenship.

The Spanish-language advertisement from the Census Bureau features Latinos of all walks of life explaining why an accurate census count matters for them and their communities. 

Census 2020 ads don’t do enough to dispel immigrant fears, advocates say

Immigration
New citizens stand during the National Anthem at a US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library in Manhattan, New York, on July 3, 2018.

Under Trump, immigrants face increasingly long and complicated road to citizenship

Immigration
A close-up photo of two mothers holding their two sons.

How a US policy is tearing apart this same-sex couple and their children

Immigration
Young woman in plain room, dirt floor, holding birth certificate

There are about 600,000 children in Mexico who were born in the US but struggle to claim citizenship

Immigration
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