US citizenship application gathering dust: Taiwanese Green Card holder sues Trump administration for making him wait around 18 months

Green Card holder sues Trump administration for delay in citizenship. Meng Ju Liu, a Taiwanese Green Card holder living in Ohio and waiting for his US citizenship, has now sued the Trump administration over delays, saying that his application has been gathering dust on an office shelf and he has been waiting for an eternity for his citizenship. Newsweek reported that Liu filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on October 15, seeking to compel federal officials to complete the processing of his naturalization application.Liu became a Green Card holder in 2002 and he applied for citizenship in April 2025, the report said.Liu has waited around 18 months for his application to progress and has not been called for a naturalization interview, according to court filings. It alleged that USCIS' published processing time for N-400 applications in Cincinnati was 9 1/2 months for 80 percent of cases to be completed. Liu argued that federal officials have failed to process his application within a reasonable period and have not provided a reason for the delay."My decision to apply for US citizenship is driven by the needs of my food import and export busine...