I assume it’s to give you plenty of opportunities to lie. Revoking naturalization or a green card involves a huge legal effort, but if it can be shown you lied

I assume it’s to give you plenty of opportunities to lie. Revoking naturalization or a green card involves a huge legal effort, but if it can be shown you lied on the application, that’s a much easier case. Many US laws seem to be designed for ease of prosecution than for strict fairness. For example, open container laws are probably easier to prosecute than drunk driving.