US Congress cuts support for new citizens

Thanks to the US Immigrant Integration and Citizenship Grants Program, the basic US citizenship test has been ranked as more professional than tests in most countries in the MIPEX study. Unless the Program is restored in future Federal budgets, the US citizenship test may set less favorable conditions for legal immigrants to learn and pass at the same successful rates as before. Despite the severe budget shortfalls in Europe, the report did not find that any European country completely withdrew national funding for citizenship courses over the past three years of economic crisis...Last week, the US House & Senate finally agreed on a budget to keep the federal government going in Fiscal Year 2011. Democrats conceded to sweeping cuts in discretionary spending that will force tough choices upon millions in the US: whether or not they can make ends meet, go to college, or become a citizen...Read in full on the MIPEX Blog