Immigrants pulled out of their naturalization ceremonies are now suing

In Boston’s Faneuil Hall, a site tied to the American Revolution, immigrants were pulled out of line during a naturalization ceremony last December, moments before taking the oath that would have christened them as U.S. citizens. In the months since, they’ve waited to hear about rescheduling. Those immigrants are done waiting. A group of 14 green card holders sued the Trump administration in federal court this week, alleging that immigration officials have unlawfully delayed their naturalizations. The plaintiffs hail from Haiti, Venezuela, and Ivory Coast, and are clients of Project Citizenship, a Boston-based nonprofit that provides immigrants with legal advice. Other green card holders around the country have also had their naturalization ceremonies canceled in recent months. Why We Wrote This A lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston marks a latest push by immigrant advocates to challenge the Trump administration’s moves to tighten legal migration pathways, amid a decline in naturalizations overall. The lawsuit marks the latest push by immigrants and their advocates to challenge President Donald Trump’s moves to narrow pathways to legal migration. After an Afghan national shot two National Guard members, one fatally, in Washington, D.C., last year, administration officials tightened vetting procedures and paused asylum