Friday, September 20

We studied the Europe map again. Our first non-map test is next week.

 

To become legal immigrants must..

- pass national security background check

- criminal background check

- pay taxes just like other citizens

- pay a penalty

- learn to speak English

* Proposal will stop children and young people from being punished for being brought in illegally by their parents

* Young people can earn citizenship more quickly if they serve in the in the military or if they go to college

*Five years after receiving their green card, they can apply for full citizenship.

*If their application gets revoked or denied, they can seek administrative and judicial review of those decisions.

*Authorize funding to DHS and other organizations to establish fraud prevention programs that will provide training for adjudicators, allow regular audits of applications to identify patterns of fraud and abuse, and incorporate other proven fraud prevention measures.

*There are over 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States

* President Obama hopes that this plan will encourage iilegal immigrants to “come out of the shadows” and become legal, tax paying, U.S. citizens.

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