The Trump administration is expanding the requirement for immigrants who are hoping to become US citizens to display “good moral character,” in a move that some immigration lawyers denounced as a troubling change that adds uncertainty to the naturalization process.

The Trump Administration is introducing more stringent criteria for assessing “good moral character” in U.S. citizenship applications.The policy, issued in a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) memo on Friday,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is placing a greater emphasis on whether an applicant for benefits, such as a green card, demonstrates "good moral character." Authorities will now take applicants' "positive attributes and contributions" into consideration,