首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
President Bush intends to provide illegal immigrants with an opportunity to get legal residency or American citizenship.
President Bush intends to provide illegal immigrants with an opportunity to get legal residency or American citizenship.
admin
2009-06-24
85
问题
President Bush intends to provide illegal immigrants with an opportunity to get legal residency or American citizenship.
Visiting a Border Patrol training center in the State of Georgia, President Bush on Tuesday called on Congress members of both political parties to show courage and adopt comprehensive immigration reform. Mr. Bush says a primary goal is to bring millions of illegal aliens "out of the shadows" and provide a path to legal residency and eventual U.S. citizenship. But while the president champions such reform, the United States is set to implement the largest-ever boost in fees charged to those applying for residency and citizenship. Advocates for immigrant say the administration is sending mixed messages to an often fearful and vulnerable community.
For newcomers, both legal and undocumented, the cost of pursuing the American dream is about to go up. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service is doubling, and in some cases tripling, its fees. Beginning on July 30, the charge for adults seeking residency will exceed $1,000; the fee for citizenship will be nearly $600.
Some say the higher fees undermine President Bush’s stated goals on immigration.
Crystal Williams is a deputy director at the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She says the new fees constitute an enormous financial hurdle that will force countless poorer immigrants to delay applications—and may lead some to give up entirely.
But officials at the Citizenship and Immigration Service point out that their agency receives no federal funds to process applications. Costs are covered entirely by fees charged. They say, unless those fees reflect actual costs, services would have to be cut back and waiting times for applicants would increase.
U.S.CIS spokesman Chris Bentley explained. "We realize that anytime we increase the fees that there is a burden there. There is pain that is caused along the way. However, to be able to remain a world class service provider, to be able to get the services and benefits in a timely manner to the people who deserve them, we simply need the resources to be able to make that happen".
Bentley adds that refugees and asylum-seekers will remain exempt from charge, and some fees can be reduced for residency and citizenship applicants facing dire economic hardship.
But if U.S.CIS is constrained by being entirely dependent on fees for operating costs, then it is time to change the system, according to Donald Kerwin of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.
"Citizenship is a national good. It is important for our country", says Kerwin. "And so we think that to fix the system, to reduce backlogs and improve technology, there needs to be appropriated monies for this. It needs to go beyond the fee-based system".
Some in Congress counter that it would be wrong to shift the financial burden to U.S. taxpayers. Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa is one of them. He says the new fees are still far lower than what illegal immigrants typically pay smugglers to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Immigration officials also defend the fee system, saying it provides spending flexibility, since revenues go up in proportion to any rise in applications. They say that previous fee hikes have not resulted in drastic reductions in applications for residency or citizenship.
Immigrant advocates counter that the current fee hike is far greater than any previous increases. They also note studies showing the percentage of eligible immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship dropping in recent decades. Opinions vary as to the cause, but immigrant advocates say making it more expensive for immigrants to pursue legal status or citizenship can only serve as a further deterrent.
选项
A、Right
B、Wrong
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tTTd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语五级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语五级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
ThanksgivingisnotatrulyAmericantradition.Jesseandhisbossaregoodfriends.
ThanksgivingwiththeWatsonsPeoplecametoAmericafromeverycountryintheworldandbroughtthetraditionsoftheirancesto
TheAmericanFamilyIntheAmericanfamilythehusbandandwifeusuallyshareimportantdecisionmaking.Whenthechildrenareo
Accordingtothepassage,avolcanosendsoutThephrase"stayalive"inthelastparagraphcanbestbereplacedby
InEnglandfootballisagameenjoyedAccordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofthefootballgame?
Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostinthelast500years?ThousandsofIrishpeoplestarved
SpaceResearchDoeswalkingonthemoonmakelifebetterforpeopleonearth?【51】alltheproblemsofourownworld,whyshou
FinancialRisksSeveraltypesoffinancialriskareencounteredininternationalmarketing(themajorproblemsincludecomme
Howmuchwouldfourpoundsofteaweighifitwastaken4,000milesoutfromthesurfaceoftheearth?Accordingtothepassage
Collegesanduniversitiesusuallygivediplomasorcertificatestostudentswhocompletecourserequirementsadequately.
随机试题
在市场机制作用下,企业通过产权交易获得其他企业产权,并企图获得其控制权的经济行为是()
下列属于产品生命周期中客户成本的是【】
患者,男,28岁。3天前身热,恶风,微咳。今日咳嗽加剧,痰少而黏,不易咳出,时带血丝,鼻燥咽干,咳甚则胸痛,舌尖红,脉细略数。其证候是
根据药物浓度及时间,可以绘制某药物的药时曲线,根据药时曲线可定量地分析药物在体内动态变化的规律性和特征。药时曲线的升段主要反应
《现金管理暂行条例》允许企业使用现金结算的经济业务有()。
被辞退人员,自批准之月起停发工资。()
中国的户籍制度源远流长,它是历代政府加强人口管理、统计人口数字的一项制度。我国现行的城乡分割的二元户籍制度形成于新中国成立初期,这种与计划经济体制相适应的户籍制度在特定历史条件下,有利于生产力和劳动力的划拨。但是,这种限制性的户籍制度,在改革开放以后的市场
(2012山东3)世间的事物很少能比大学更美。在这里,憎恨无知的人奋力求知,________真理的人传授真理,在青年们长知识的年华里,大学给予他们远大目标和共同生活的规范,给予他们渴望得到的亲密友情,让青年人永无止境地对永恒的主题________。没有这些
设则f(x,y)在(0,0)处().
给定程序中,函数fun的功能是:求SS所指字符串数组中长度最短的字符串所在的行下标,作为函数值返回,并把其串长放在形参n所指变量中。ss所指字符串数组中共有M个字符串,且串长
最新回复
(
0
)