Top DHS official calls citizenship test 'too soft,' urges major overhaul of naturalization process

EXCLUSIVE: New Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow is wasting no time shaking up the path to American citizenship.

Just weeks into the job, he's calling for a major overhaul of the U.S. naturalization test — blasting the current version as too soft and out of step with what Congress envisioned.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Edlow said the civics and English exam, which forms the backbone of the naturalization process, fails to reflect the knowledge and assimilation he believes should be required to become an American.

"The test needs to reflect the letter and the spirit of what Congress intended," Edlow said. "It’s important for people to understand English, our history, our government... and the way the test is written and executed right now doesn’t meet that bar."

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