Immigrants seeking citizenship status could now be denied if federal officers determine their behavior doesn’t follow “societal norms,” or is “frowned upon.” The Trump administration is revising the ...

Psychologists at the University of Toronto have found that we begin to make moral character judgments as early as 12 months old. The research, published in Communications Psychology, also recognizes ...

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The Trump administration announced new policies focusing on "good moral character" and social media screening for naturalization applicants. USCIS will assess social media for "anti-American" or ...

"What we learn in time of pestilence: that there are more things to admire in men than to despise." So concludes Albert Camus in his now more-prescient-than-ever 1947 novel The Plague, which imagines ...

We trust and respect the people we see as having strong moral character. Can psychology shed light on the personality features common to such people? A recent study in the Journal of Personality seeks ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reportedly issued guidance instructing officers to broaden evaluations of applicants’ “good moral character,” focusing on community involvement, ...

Dec 4 (Reuters) - Bar admission authorities in California will consider applicants’ participation in campus protests on an “individual basis” during the moral character process, following an internal ...

On Oct. 24, Judge John P. Cronan of the Southern District of New York rendered summary judgment in favor of an applicant for a license to possess firearms who had been denied for supposed inadequate ...