India, Aug. 22 -- The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in a recent public statement, declared that visa or green-card applicants deemed to hold "anti-American ideologies" may face difficulties in gaining American citizenship. This move is part of an update to the USCIS Policy Manual "regarding the factors that officers consider in certain benefit requests where an exercise of discretion is required, including factors relating to aliens' past requests for parole and any involvement in anti-American or terrorist organizations, as well as the use of discretion in adjudication of certain benefit requests where evidence of antisemitic activity is present".

The latest guidance issued by the USCIS, effective immediate...