The People Who Want to be Americans
Amid the roar of the immigration debate, there are still those working quietly and diligently to become citizens.
by Alex Wagner
Jan 27, 2018
4 minutes
On a brisk evening at the New York Historical Society in Manhattan on Tuesday, a handful of green card holders were gathered to learn about the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The group ranged in age and origin: a young man and a young woman in their twenties and a mother in her late forties were all from the Dominican Republic; an older couple was from the Netherlands; a middle aged woman was from Peru.
All of the attendees were taking part in the , a series of free classes offered by the Historical Society to help green card holders prepare for requires applicants correctly answer 6 out of 10 questions about American government and history that are drawn from . It is not multiple choice).
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