Immigrant Test

[williams919]

New immigrants must pass a test on American history and government before they can become United States citizens. Below are 15 sample questions provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Can you pass the test? For more questions, log on to http://uscis.gov/graphics/exec/natz/natztest.asp



1. What color are the stripes on the American flag?

a. Blue

b. Gold

c. White

d. Red



2. What are the three branches of our government?

a. Democratic, Republican and Independent

b. Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of Defense

c. Legislative, Executive, Judicial

d. Police, Education, Legislative



3. Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

a. Everyone (citizens and non-citizens living in the U.S.)

b. Registered Voters

c. The President

d. Natural born citizens



4. What is one benefit of being a citizen of the United States?

a. Travel

b. Vote for the candidate of your choice

c. Health care

d. Right to work in the U.S.



5. What are the two major political parties in the U.S.?

a. The House of Representatives and the Senate

b. The President and the Vice President

c. Democratic and Republican

d. Congress and the Supreme Court



6. What is the executive brance of our government?

a. The President, Cabinet, and Departments under the Cabinet

b. The House of Representatives and the Senate

c. The Supreme Court

d. The States



7. What are the 49th and 50th states of the Union?

a. Hawaii and Puerto Rico

b. Puerto Rico and Guam

c. Alaska and Puerto Rico

d. Hawaii and Alaska



8. What holiday was celebrated for the first time by the American colonists?

a. Independence Day

b. Columbus Day

c. Memorial Day

d. Thanksgiving



9.Where does Congress meet?

a. In the White House

b. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

c. In the Smithsonian

d. In the Capitol in Washington, D.C.



10. How many times may a Senator be re-elected?

a. There is no limit

b. Once

c. 4 times

d. 6 times



11. What are the colors of the flag?

a. Red and White

b. Red, White, and Blue

c. Red, White, and Black

d. Red and Blue



12. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution?

a. 10

b. 27

c. 13

d. 9



13. What is the Bill of Rights?

a. The first part of the Declaration of Independence

b. The first 10 amendments of the Constitution

c. The Preamble

d. The Pledge of Allegiance



14. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court today?

a. George W. Bush

b. Thomas Jefferson

c. Janet Reno

d. William Rehnquist



15. Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military?

a. The Secretary of Defense

b. The President

c. The Secretary of State

d. The Vice President

[reeb]

919,

Better watch it !!!!

I put that on here early this year or late last year and I got my butt chewed.

I still think it is good though.....

enough.......

[colmurph]

I used to administer that test when I was a Chief Legalization Officer for the Immigration and Natuarlization Service. Most of the Immigrant's passed but very few of my employees could pass it. One of my Adjudicators once asked a native of Ponce Puerto Rico for his "Green Card", not knowing that Puerto Rico was a Commonwealth of the United States. I would hazard to guess that fewer than 20% of our native born population could pass that test.

[revwardoc]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...exico_usa_dc_1

Mexico Deports Hundreds of U.S. Teenagers

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Authorities closed three rehabilitation centers in northern Mexico this week and deported hundreds of U.S. teenagers sent there for treatment of drug, alcohol or behavior problems, immigration officials said on Saturday.













Authorities shut the three centers in the Baja California towns of Ensenada and Rosarito on Friday and began deporting 590 youths, many of whom were in Mexico illegally.

A man who answered the phone at one of the centers identified by the immigration officials, the House of Hope Academy in the Pacific coastal town of Ensenada, refused to comment. The other two centers could not be immediately identified and contacted for comment.

Mexico investigated the centers after complaints of maltreatment, and found the youths had entered Mexico as tourists, not residents of treatment programs, the National Immigration Institute said.

Immigration officials also said at least one of the centers was run by an American who had also entered on a tourist visa and had no legal right to run a business in Mexico. "Seventy-five percent of the undocumented Americans have left the country. The rest will stay in the care of the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana until their parents are contacted," said Raul Zarate, spokesman for the immigration institute.

The youths were residents at the centers, which treat behavioral problems, drug and alcohol abuse, the Mexican authorities said. The immigration institute said in a statement the centers had been closed temporarily by the state health ministry after patients complained of physical and psychological abuses.