Cannabis and Immigration: Marijuana Activity a Conditional Bar to Obtaining U.S. Citizenship

On April 19, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would formally update its Policy Manual regarding how cannabis-related activity--even when it took place in states that have legalized the medical and recreational use of marijuana--would impact naturalization. The Policy Manual is self-defined by the USCIS as its centralized online repository for