German’s Federal Interior Ministry announced updates to rules governing naturalization, including the right to deny citizenship to those who post, share or chant slogans such as “From the River to the Sea.”

Among the changes is the shortening the length of time before overseas  workers can apply for German citizenship from eight to five years.

However, the Interior Ministry has also tightened rules designed to prevent racism and antisemitism from growing in the immigrant community in particular and in German society in general.