"It creates a new subjective standard without providing the analysis that will be performed in adjudicating an application for naturalization," Ramos said. "For example, how much volunteer work is enough to tip the scales in favor of the applicant? Who decides that formula, and using what analysis? What will USCIS consider sufficient achievement for someone who doesn't work?"
And because the directive is broadly written, it makes it more difficult to challenge an individual officer's decision on whether the character standard has been met, said Kathrin Mautino, a California-based immigration attorney.
"Generally, it will give individual officers more authority to ask about private lives," Mautino said...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/politics/citizenship-naturalization-trump-requirements
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