Author: Amanda Head
US civil exam is set The main change, with plans to introduce a more complex version, repeat the reforms of the first administration of President Donald Trump. Joseph Edlow, the recent head of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (SCZCIS), has criticized Current test – where candidates must only answer correctly six out of ten civic questions From a set of 100, which are previously equipped-as too simplified, encouraging to remember significant education of American values.
The proposed changes may restore a more demanding format, maybe requirement 12 correct the answer to 20 questions as brief Tested in 2020, this movement caused controversy, with opponents warning that they can hinder immigrants, especially those with confined English skills, while supporters argue that it supports a deeper understanding of US management, history and its values.
Immigrant supporters Fear that the changed test may unjustly affect groups such as refugees, seniors and disabled people. 2022 Pilot program This tested a multiple choice format and added an English -speaking component in which the applicants described the paintings, he was abandoned in December 2024. 1300 Public comments meant concerns about increased complexity and barriers for people with lower reading and writing ability. For now, the test version of 2008 persists, but the pursuit of a more stringent exam reflects more severe changes in immigration policy within the Trump administration.
A more terrible control of the H1-B visa process, standards
The H-1B visa program will also have Maga Makeover treatment. In July, Edlow announced plans to renovate the program, a priority of companies that offer higher remuneration to foreign employees and stopping the practice of using foreign employees for affordable labor.
Edlow in an interview with The New York TimesHe said the proposed changes are aimed at providing program supplements, not stagnation, American employees, criticizing some Republicans that they undercut American jobs.
Reforms would move from the current lottery system, which issued 85,000 visas a year, to a weighted selection process, which promotes a higher paid, highly qualified specialists.
The Department of Internal Safety (DHS) submitted Proposed principleentitled “The weighted selection process for registrars and submanders who try to submit H-1B petitions raising the foundation,” to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, although special details of the rule remain undisclosed.
Strange beds: Sanders and Trump
The proposed changes caused a debate with the leaders of the technology industry, such as Elon Musk, who during the transition period of Trump in December, defense The H-1B program, now supporting the view that it requires reform. When Musk took a defensive attitude in December, Senator Bernie Sanders, D-VT. opposed He, arguing, the program needs a reform, which uncomfortably puts him on the same side as Trump. Other die -hard defenders of the program claim that this is necessary to fill the talent gaps, while critics, including vice president JD Vance, to argue that it enables companies to replace American employees with a lower foreign working force.
Edlow emphasized that immigration should develop domestic economic interests, stating: “I think it should be positive.”
The reforms require approval under the federal process of putting the provisions, potentially facing resistance companies depending on the program. Critics, including the former biden doug rand clerk, question Legality over high earnings priority, arguing that it differs from the original purpose of employing qualified international graduates.
Although no trials have been announced, supporters of immigration will probably turn to the courts, where at least at the District Court level anything can happen.
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Amanda Head is only a news reporter.
Photo “civic documents” by Grand Canyon National Park. CC at 2.0.
