[ti:For Some, Free Citizenship Classes; For Others, a Dream Delayed Again]
[ar:Steve Ember]
[al:Education Report]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]This is the VOA Special English
[00:03.23]Education Report.
[00:05.04]Americans talk a lot
[00:07.03]about illegal immigration
[00:09.08]but not as much
[00:10.51]about legal immigration.
[00:12.94]Legal immigrants who want
[00:15.43]to become citizens
[00:16.48]must learn English
[00:17.98]and show a knowledge
[00:20.03]of American history
[00:21.21]and government.
[00:22.66]They must also pay a fee
[00:25.22]and meet other requirements.
[00:28.16]Immigrants may take
[00:29.90]what are called
[00:31.02]citizenship classes
[00:32.08]to help them prepare
[00:34.01]for the naturalization test.
[00:36.62]Last year, thirteen groups
[00:39.62]received a total of just
[00:41.63]over one million dollars
[00:43.50]from the government
[00:44.68]to offer these classes.
[00:46.92]This year, that support
[00:49.09]has grown to almost
[00:50.96]eight million dollars,
[00:52.39]and the money is going to
[00:54.38]seventy-five organizations
[00:56.62]across the country.
[00:58.30]And now, starting in October,
[01:00.91]many classes will be
[01:03.03]offered free of charge.
[01:04.52]This will happen through
[01:06.76]a program supported
[01:08.33]by United States Citizenship
[01:10.01]and Immigration Services.
[01:12.25]Alejandro Mayorkas
[01:14.24]is the agency's director .
[01:16.35]ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS: "We hope
[01:17.30]to make it an easier transition
[01:19.29]for people to realize
[01:20.41]their aspirations
[01:22.12]of becoming U.S. citizens."
[01:23.69]Elsy Ventura from El Salvador
[01:26.43]enrolled in a one-hundred-dollar
[01:28.92]class near Washington.
[01:30.10]She says that is a lot to pay
[01:32.90]as a single mother also
[01:35.14]supporting her own mother,
[01:36.88]who lives with her.
[01:38.12]But her goal
[01:39.24]is to become an American.
[01:41.25]ELSY VENTURA: "I want to have rights
[01:42.81]as anybody else in this country."
[01:47.84]Other immigrants share that goal.
[01:50.27]But for some young people,
[01:52.01]hopes of citizenship
[01:53.96]were recently blocked in Congress
[01:56.32]for the fifth time in ten years.
[01:59.24]The United States
[02:00.98]has an estimated eleven million
[02:03.86]illegal immigrants.
[02:05.56]About two million of them
[02:07.80]arrived as children
[02:09.29]brought by their parents.
[02:10.90]A measure known as the Dream Act
[02:14.33]would put these children
[02:16.15]of undocumented immigrants
[02:18.45]on a path toward citizenship
[02:20.63]instead of possible expulsion.
[02:23.67]In return, they would have
[02:26.16]to show "good moral character"
[02:28.09]and graduate from high school.
[02:30.42]They would also have
[02:32.60]to complete two years of college
[02:34.53]or serve in the military.
[02:36.78]UNDOCUMENTED STUDENT: "I grew up
[02:37.72]in the United States, ever since
[02:40.40]I was six years old,
[02:41.34]and it's the custom here
[02:43.52]and the culture
[02:44.57]I have grown to love."
[02:45.63](SOUND: Protesters shouting "Dream Act Now!")
[02:49.98]"Dream" is short for Development,
[02:51.98]Relief and Education for Alien Minors.
[02:55.52]Some conservatives say
[02:57.82]it could increase illegal
[02:59.81]border crossings at a time
[03:02.05]when many Americans
[03:03.48]want stronger controls.
[03:05.85]But the idea gained support
[03:08.46]among conservatives and liberals,
[03:10.96]the military and education leaders.
[03:13.82]Still, the measure died
[03:16.19]this month in the Senate,
[03:17.74]where it was tied to a bill
[03:19.94]to let gays serve openly
[03:22.42]in the military.
[03:24.16]Political observers do not
[03:27.03]expect Congress to consider
[03:29.28]the Dream Act again
[03:31.15]before congressional elections
[03:33.77]in November.
[03:35.64]But they do expect supporters
[03:38.19]to keep trying in the future.
[03:41.50]And that's the VOA Special English
[03:45.56]Education Report.
[03:47.43]Our reports are online
[03:49.79]at 51voa.com.
[03:54.64]I'm Steve Ember.
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