Immigration Law Quiz

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True or false: The U.S. accepts more legal immigrants as permanent residents than all other countries in the world combined.
1. True
2. False
In 2009, 743,715 people were naturalized as U.S. citizens. Which of the following were the leading countries of birth among this new group of citizens?
1. China, Mexico, India
2. Mexico, India, Phillipines
3. Mexico, Phillipines, China
4. India, Cuba, Mexico
The first citizenship law in the U.S. was the Naturalization Act of 1790. Under this law, who was allowed to become naturalized as a U.S. citizen?
1. immigrants who had lived in the U.S. for at least 14 consecutive years
2. landowning men
3. "free white persons" of "good moral character" who had lived in the country for at least 2 years
4. "free white persons" of "good moral character" who had lived in the country for at least 14 years
Arizona Senate Bill 1070 was introduced in 2010 amid much controversy as the strictest anti-illegal immigration legislation in recent history. What is its official name?
1. Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act
2. Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
3. Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act
Marriage to a U.S. citizen reduces the legal residence requirement for naturalization as a U.S. citizen from 5 years to what?
1. 4 years
2. 3 years
3. 2 years
4. No reduction
True or false: A child born outside of the United States to a U.S. citizen automatically becomes a U.S. citizen.
1. True
2. False
Which of the following is required of employers applying for H1-B visas for foreign, skilled workers?
1. Employers must show they could not find U.S. workers for the position
2. Employers must show they will pay the higher of the prevailing local wage or wage paid to U.S. citizens in a similar position
3. Employers must base the prevailing wage on a standardized report of wages from the U.S. government and cannot conduct their own surveying.
The REAL ID Act of 2005 provides for which of the following:
1. Allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive laws impeding the construction of barriers along the U.S. border
2. Elimination of the 10,000 annual limit for previously approved asylees to adjust to permanent legal resident status
3. Allows the government to require asylum applicants to provide corroborating evidence unless a judge is convinced this is impossible
4. All of the above
When passed in 1996, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) listed which types of offenses as making an individual eligible for deportation?
1. Offenses that could lead to 5 or more years in jail
2. Shoplifting
3. Offenses occurring before the passage of the law which were now deportable offenses
4. All of the above
On July 3, 2002, President Bush reduced the legal residence requirement for those serving honorably in the military after September 11, 2001 and wishing to apply for naturalization from 5 years to what?
1. 3 years
2. 1 year
3. 6 months
4. Any service time at all (at least 1 day)

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