A policy shift allowing officers to consider whether green card applicants have expressed "anti-American" views when deciding on their cases has been explained by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow. Edlow told The Associated Press that the guidance was intended to identify support for terrorist ideologies—not to penalize ordinary political criticism—when adjudicators evaluated applicants for green cards and other benefits. Newsweek reached out to USCIS for further comment via email. Why It Matters President Donald Trump has embraced a hard-line approach to immigration upon his return to the White House, but critics warn that some of his...