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In order to become a US citizen, immigrants must pass the Naturalization Test. American citizenship bestows the right to vote, improves the likelihood of family members living in other countries to come and live in the US, gives eligibility for federal jobs, and can be a way to demonstrate loyalty to the US. Applicants must get 6 answers out of 10 in an oral exam to pass the test. According to US Citizenship and Immigration services, 92 percent of applicants pass this test. You must get 58 or more of these test questions correct in order to pass.

Hundreds of immigrants in San Antonio applying for U.S. citizenship will receive packets in the mail as early as next week asking them to take an experimental version of the citizenship exam, expected to be mandatory for all applicants next year. After a decade of calls for change and ephemeral action, the federal government is ready to see how people will react to the revamped test, meant to challenge them on their knowledge of U.S. history and civics rather than prompt them to regurgitate memorized facts. Community activists who work with citizenship applicants said fears that the test will be...