Citizenship applications may be flagged based on religion

(ever heard of "CARPP"?)

If your Muslim students are inexplicably getting stuck in naturalization processing, the information in this article may explain what's going on. (Although it doesn't look like there's much they can do about.):

Little-known law stops some Muslims from obtaining US citizenship

By YESENIA AMARO
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/little-known-law-stops-some-muslims-obtaining-us-citizenship