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New citizens will face much tougher exam; could you pass?
What does it mean that the U.S. Constitution is a constitution of limited powers?Nothing, anymore. Name one responsibility that is only for United States citizens. Name one of the writers of the Federalist Papers. If you are an American citizen, you should know the answers. If you intend on becoming a naturalized citizen, you may want to bone up on U.S. history and civics. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office will enlist 5,000 citizenship applicant volunteers in 10 cities, including Tucson, next year to test-drive the questions. The proposed 144 questions will be whittled down for a new citizenship exam. The questions, found at www. uscis.gov, deal more with "concepts of democracy and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship," according to the agency. The pilot questions are several degrees more difficult than the current ones. Not only should immigrants be required to pass some sort of reasonable citizenship test (in English); prospective voters should have to pass the same test in order to register to vote. h/t: FR Posted by: Glenmore 2006-12-03 |
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