VOA慢速英语--Critics Say India Citizenship Test Unfairly Targets Muslims

India's government is requiring documentation from people to prove they are legal citizens. Some critics of the policy say it discriminates against a local minority Muslim population. The policy is being carried out in Indias northeastern state of As

简单慢速英语阅读:The Citizenship Interview

Emma went downtown. She had to take a test. It was a big test. It was her citizenship test. It was her test to become a U.S. citizen. The test had 100 questions. She had studied all 100 questions. She knew the answers to all 100 questions. She knew t

原版英语小短文 42. The Citizenship Interview

Emma went downtown. She had to take a test. It was a big test. It was her citizenship test. It was her test to become a U.S. citizen. The test had 100 questions. She had studied all 100 questions. She knew the answers to all 100 questions. She knew t

Possible US Citizenship Question Raising Concerns

Mas Yamashita does not remember when he and his family left their small home in Oakland, California. But he does remember where they went: the Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California. During World War II, thousands of Japanese-Americans wer

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Trump Wants Flag Burners to Face Prison or Loss of Citizenship

Trump Wants Flag Burners to Face Prison or Loss of Citizenship President-elect Donald Trump says people who burn the American flag should be punished. He suggested that punishment could be up to a year in prison or a loss of citizenship. But it will

VOA标准英语2012--Liberian Diaspora Debates Reconstruction, Dual Citizenship

Liberian Diaspora Debates Reconstruction, Dual Citizenship Former Liberian foreign minister Olubanke King-Akerele, in a keynote speech, proposed a public-private sector partnership whereby Liberians abroad can set up businesses at home. But, she said

VOA标准英语2013--US Senate Votes to Consider Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants

US Senate Votes to Consider Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants This is a time Ive been looking for for a long long time, admitted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, acknowledging the momentousness of winning bipartisan support for immigration reform.

VOA常速英语2007-Australia Defends Controversial Citizenship Test

By Phil Mercer Sydney 02 October 2007 Australian refugee groups have criticized tests that require people to answer questions about the nation's history and culture to qualify to become a citizen. Critics believe the new measures will discriminate ag

美国国家公共电台 NPR Puerto Ricans Reflect On A Century Of (Limited) Citizenship

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Puerto Rico today is marking an important anniversary. It's been a century since President Woodrow Wilson signed a law granting citizenship to people born on the island, but it's a limited form of citizenship. It puts Puerto Rico

美国国家公共电台 NPR Same-Sex Couples Sue U.S. Government For Kids' Citizenship

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Two married same-sex couples are suing the U.S. State Department. Each couple has twins, and in each case, the government granted one twin citizenship and denied the other. The couples say it is clear discrimination that would not

美国国家公共电台 NPR Citizenship Question Controversy Complicating Census 2020 Work, Bureau Director Says

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The head of the U.S. Census Bureau is preparing to face a major challenge. His agency is required by law to count every person living in the U.S. in 2020. But the bureau is running into many hurdles, including a legal fight over a

美国国家公共电台 NPR How The 2020 Census Citizenship Question Ended Up In Court

How The 2020 Census Citizenship Question Ended Up In Court RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A trial begins today that may determine whether a controversial new question will stay on the 2020 census. The question is as follows. Quote, is this person a citizen of

2007年VOA标准英语-Israel to Grant Citizenship to Some Sudanese Re

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 05 September 2007 Israel is opening its doors to some refugees from war-torn Sudan. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the issue poses a moral dilemma to the Jewish state. A Sudanese refugee family in fro

2006年VOA标准英语-US Senate Votes to Deny Citizenship to Ill

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 17 May 2006 The U.S. Senate Wednesday continued work on an immigration reform bill, voting to bar illegal immigrants with criminal records from becoming U.S. citizens and

缅甸大选点票进行中

YANGON, MYANMARVote counting is underway in Myanmar where turnout was more than 80 percent for the nation's first free general election in a quarter of a century. Some 32 million people were registered to vote to select from more than 6,000 candidate

VOA标准英语2008年-Australia to Review Controversial Citizenship T

By Phil Mercer Sydney 02 January 2008 Australia's new left-of-center Labor government says it will review a controversial citizenship test. Some people are critical of the test's high rate of failure by applicants, who are quizzed about Australian hi

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2935 dual citizenship

今天我们要学的词是 dual citizenship. Dual citizenship 双重国籍。Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was removed from office because of his dual citizenship. 澳大利亚副总理乔伊斯因为双重国籍被免除职务。T

2016年CRI Dr. Ma Haide, First Foreigner Obtaining Chinese Citizenship

In the 1937 bestseller Red Star Over China, American journalist and author Edgar Snow introduced the Communist Party of China to the world. Snow painted a vivid description of the Long March as well as biographical accounts of leaders including Zhou

美国国家公共电台 NPR Judge Orders Trump Administration To Remove 2020 Census Citizenship Question

Judge Orders Trump Administration To Remove 2020 Census Citizenship Question MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Trump administration suffered a big defeat in court today over its plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. A federal judge in Ne