Posted on 07/21/2019 8:17:19 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising the current naturalization test with improvements to ensure it continues to serve as an accurate measure of a naturalization applicant’s civics knowledge and that it reflects best practices in adult education assessments. The goal is to create a meaningful, uniform, and efficient test that will assess applicants’ knowledge and understanding of U.S. history, government and values.
This spring, the former USCIS director signed the Revision of the Naturalization Civics Test Memorandum (PDF, 202 KB). This memorandum announces the revision of the naturalization test and formalizes a decennial revision schedule of the naturalization test based on adult education best practices.
“Granting U. S. citizenship is the highest honor our nation bestows,” said USCIS Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli. “Updating, maintaining, and improving a test that is current and relevant is our responsibility as an agency in order to help potential new citizens fully understand the meaning of U.S. citizenship and the values that unite all Americans.”
In December 2018, USCIS formed a naturalization test revision working group with members from across the agency. The working group has been reviewing and updating the naturalization test questions. The working group will also assess potential changes to the speaking portion of the test. USCIS is soliciting the input of experts in the field of adult education to ensure that this process is fair and transparent. After careful analysis of the pilot, and thorough officer training, USCIS will set an implementation date in December 2020 or early 2021.
Section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act outlines the English and civics requirements for naturalization. By law, candidates for naturalization must have “…an understanding of the English language, including an ability to read, write, and speak words in ordinary usage in the English language…” and “…knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the history, and of the principles and form of government, of the United States...” This test revision will comply with all statutory and regulatory requirements, and USCIS will pilot it this fall.
In Fiscal Year 2018, USCIS naturalized nearly 757,000 people, a five-year high in new oaths of citizenship. The naturalization test revision is a key part of preparing legal immigrants to fully exercise their rights and meet their responsibilities.
In 30 words or less, explain the meaning of the phrase “natural born citizen” in the U S Constitution.
“Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of a Communist, Socialist, Social Democrat, Labor, Labour, Liberal, Revolutionary, Progressive, Radical, or ANY other similar Party, or of a militant organization of any sort, in any nation-state, commonwealth, or other organized entity on Earth? Do you now disavow those beliefs?”
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
"State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress [emphases added]." —Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
“Is the United States a Democracy, or a Republic?”
“Explain the difference (in English).”
Make them copy the Constitution by hand in front of witnesses and explain the entire BoR at a minimum.
We should do that for everyone who runs for office too.
Write, in English, a 500 word essay on the evils of Socialism.
I wonder how much anti-American political correctness those “experts” are going to jam into it.
>> By law, candidates for naturalization must have “…an understanding of the English language, including an ability to read, write, and speak words in ordinary usage in the English language…” and “…knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the history, and of the principles and form of government, of the United States...”
Do applicants know that there are 57 genders, He, She, Ze, They,...?
Can they recite the complete works of Karl Marx? Do they have a copy of Mao’s Little Red Book?
Great job, Mr. President - 600,000 of them will vote Democrat.
When is the last time the Citizenship Test was changed?
In the recent past, there were five possible tests, each with 100 multiple choice questions.
LOL - each test was publicly posted on the Internet, including all the correct answers, plus, I have read that you can take the test in many different languages, but I have not verified that.
In other words, if you can memorize 500 questions and answers, often in your native language, you can become a USA citizen.
Hook them up to a polygraph and ask:
Did you lie on your application?
Do you love America as the founding fathers intended for the country?
Will you assimilate and live as a true American as the founding fathers intended?
Are you trying to change American values to those from whence you came?
Will you speak English 100% out in public?
If your daughter dated an American or someone of a different skin color or religion of yours, would you carry out an honor killing?
The average US city has a population of 22,500. That would be the equivalent to 34 new cities every year comprised only of new naturalized immigrants. That is huge and is changing US values and voting.
Keep in mind there are many, many more illegals coming in.
“..assess applicants’ knowledge and understanding of U.S. history, government and values.” It seems that most current citizens of the US don’t have this knowledge that is being required of new citizens, especially those who are born here and are “educated” in our school system.
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