Passport Office

EASY 10 POINTS: How long is it to receive a United States Passport? I went to my post office and bought home an application for a United States Passport. I submitted my form in to the Post Office. I did not select expedited service, therefore I will be receiving my Passport in regular time. I did not wish to pay the extra fees. So long long will it take for me to get the Passport to my house if I submitted it today (July 1st)? Thanks!

United States Passport? I recently applied (this is a passport renewal) for a United States Passport Card and realized after my application was submitted I would also be needing a passport book. Since it's the weekend I can't call the Dept. of State to ask if I can add a passport book to my order and pay the extra fees over the phone? Can this be done or will I have to send in another application? I'm traveling in 4 weeks and paid for the expedited service.

Please tell me if i am or am not a UNITED STATES CITIZEN, as i always thought i was until recently? i was born in England to a British mother and US military father & US citizen, then came to the US as a child. I entered with a "green card".and arrived here on a military ship. i am now 53 years old and cannot get a US passport as i am told i am not a United States citizen according to the Miami passport Services. I have lived here since i was 6 yrs. old and pay taxes and vote, now i cannot travel out of the country, how could this be?

Do people, anywhere in the world, have a right to enter the United States irrespective of our laws pertaining? Do people, anywhere in the world, have a right to enter the United States irrespective of our laws pertaining to immigration? Do people, anywhere in the world, have a right to enter the United States irrespective of our laws pertaining to immigration? Unless one wishes to obfuscate, there's a simple "yes" or "no" answer to that question. If a "yes" answer is given, then why should there be any immigration requirements, such as visas, passports and green cards, for anyone who wishes to visit or reside in our country? Why not abolish the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services? If your answer is "no," one does not have a right to enter the U.S. irrespective of our laws, what does that make a person who does so? Most often we call a person whose behavior violates a law a criminal. If people commit criminal acts, should there be an effort to apprehend and punish them? The United States is a nation of immigrants from all over the world. The resulting ethnic mosaic goes a long way toward explaining our greatness as a nation. Immigration has always been a blessing for us, and it still is. But yesteryear's immigration and today's differ in several important respects. For the most part, yesteryear's immigrants came here legally. Because there was no welfare state, we were guaranteed that they'd work as opposed to living off the rest of us. Furthermore, they sought to assimilate and adopt our culture and become Americans. That's not so true today, where Hispanic activists seek to impose their language and culture on the rest of us. At some public schools, they've raised the Mexico flag atop the U.S. flag. They've announced that they seek to take back parts of the U.S. that were formerly Mexico

United States Postal Service.... Help (10 points!!)? Ok I want to send some passport sized pictures though USPS internationally. I want to express mail them because it's urgent. How much does it cost and is it possible to pay online? Also how does the stamp thing work.

How can i prove that I left the United States before my visa expired??? I don't have my boarding pass from the flight back home,and the custom service didn't put any stamp on my passport.What can I do,can I ask the airline company to give me some proof that i was on board the plane that left the states on the 27th of September??

Are Puerto Ricans considered full citiens of the United States who can travel freely back and forth to the USA? Does an American citizen of USA have to have a passport to travel to Puerto Rico? Also, does a citizen of Puerto Rico have to have a passport to travel to the USA mainland? Are citizens of Puerto Rico the same thing as United States Citizens in every way and do they enjoy and and all the same priveleges of US citizenship as a person that was born in for example...Kansas? Or some other state in the continental USA? Is there any rights of citizenship and/or travel that differs between a citizen from Puerto Rico and a citizen of the Heartland of the USA like Nevada or even Texas or any other US state? IS there any difference between the legal status of citizenship and freedom of travel between the 2? Is traveling from a us state to Puerto Rico or travel from puerto rico to a us state any different legally than traveling from say...Virginia to Arkansas? (From one us state to another) is it all exactly the same with no passport or quota or customs..etc...? what differences is there between a US citizen born in some state inside the USA and someone from Puerto Rico? Does a Puerto Rican lack any of the same rights and priveleges afforded to someone from one of the continental United States??? Is there any difference between someone born in say....North Carolina and someone born in Puerto RIco...as far as unrestricted travel without quotas or passport or military service in the the U.S. military? Is it just as easy as a Puerto Rican to join the US army as it is for a Texan? Does Puerto Rico have its own government that is soveriegn in any way more than a state in the continental usa? Does Puerto Rico have it's own military or congress or anything? I guess what I am asking for is the difference between a citizen of Puerto Rico and a citizen of a continental US state? For example...could a native born Puerto Rican run for President of the USA? Is there any opportunities or advantages of US citizenship that a Puerto Rican lacks that a Californian, Texan, or Floridian has? Thank you in advance for your answer, perry in FL So they have the full rights of US citizens except they cannot be president of the US and they cannot vote in presidential elelctions?

Passports - Occupation? It is my understanding that many military posts offer expedited service in obtaining United States passports. Unfortunately the post at which I currently reside is not one of them. It does offer the service however only if the passport is required for execution of duties. Be that as it may my question is given that the passport will be used for personal travel and that identifying yourself as a member of the U.S. military while on personal travel is not a good idea whether: a) I should list my actual occupation (And whether it is acceptable to do so) and b) What acceptable alternatives are if I chose not to list me actual profession.

how do i search public records for proof that my father resided in the united states? i need them for the passport office to obtain my passport, my father is deceased and i'm having a difficult time believing that i must pay a service

I am a permanent resident in United States but lost my green card and need to fly to my country next week...? it's gonna be a few weeks until receive my new card, I called immigration service and one employee told me I just need my passport and another ID (driver's license), it's true? I don't want to have problems coming back, but I really need to make this travel... (it's just gonna be a 10 days trip)... Thanks and all the points to the most accurate and helpful answer!!!

What are my chances to be approved of F-1 visa for the United States? What are my chances to be approved of F-1 visa for the United States? Hi! I already have searched through colleges and universities for Fall 2008 semester for Legal Studies degree and currently I am completing requirements for admissions like TOEFL, WES (evaluation services for my transcripts) etc. I am currently a law student here in the Philippines, although I have two years off from school to have work experience. I also have several backpacking trips outside of the Philippines, thus, having stamps in my passports. I know that visa interviews are very subjective (dependent on the consular officer), I just want to know what are my hopes of getting the visa. Thanks :)

What does this tel you about a man? What does this tel you about a man? Becase if this rule he will never marry or have sex with a women in the United States or in a country that has a child support treaty with the United States. Section 51.70 (a) (8) of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations states, in part, that if you are certified to Passport Services by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be in arrears of child support payments in excess of $2,500, you are ineligible to receive a U.S. passport.

i'm from the philippines,i have green card now,but i lost my passport,how can i report it,or get a replacement? I'm here at the United states,i los my passport,we move to much,pack our stuff all the time.I tried to call the philippine consulate,but it's on an automated voice service,i can't talk to a customer service,i don't know what to do..somebody might steal my identity,specially here at texas with bunch of illegal aliens..

Is Civil War in the United States Inevitable? The implementation of the REAL ID ACT( federal id system containing radio frequency identification chips similar to the new passport system) and the increased accessibility to information will cause outrage in this country. After failing to pass in the house of reps. in early 2005, the REAL ID ACT bill was tacked onto the war on terror and tsunami relief legistlation. Because 100% of private income tax goes towards paying off our national debt of the federal reserve banking system, $82 Billion in subsidized taxation will be re-allocated in the form of $23.1 Billion over 10 years to pay for uncle sam's big weapon. In 2009, if you live or work in the USA, you'll need this federally approved id card to travel by plane, boat, drive a car, open an account, collect social security, or benefit from any government service. The authoritarian implications for this monstrous social reformation must be in the public scope now! Once people become aware of this reality, will they revolt?

Passport help!!? I am considering going on a short vacation around the second or third week of October. However, my destination would probably be somewhere outside of the United States. I do not have a passport. I understand that the expedited service takes three weeks. I doubt I'd be able to get one in time. Is there anyway I'd still be able to go? I went to the Passport website and there was some mention of "If you do not have your passport but are traveling within the next seven days, please call ...." So does that mean it's doable? Has anyone done this? It's not a huge deal, I could choose some US place to go instead or delay the trip until November or December. Thanks in advance. And---> I'm a US citizen...born here...and have a valid driver's license as well as any of the other forms of ID that I would need. The only thing I don't have, obviously, is a passport. I'm somewhat confused about the "Urgent Passport" service. Because on the website, it said something about an expedited service taking three weeks. I think my best bet (although still possibly a regrettably poor choice) is to go to the nearest Post Office and check with them first or see who they recommend contacting for additional information. And like I mentioned, and as some of you suggested, it might just be better to delay the trip. Maybe I'll do that to avoid the stress and stay in the states or just lengthen the later trip. I just need to unwinddddd. Help! Haha.

Passport for Caribbean cruise? http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-3104.htm This document at the DHS website states that if you leave from a US port and return to the same port, then a photo id and birth certificate are all that will be required. It states U.S. cruise ship passengers traveling within the Western Hemisphere would be permitted to present a government issued photo identification document in combination with either (1) An original or a certified copy of a birth certificate, (2) a Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by DOS, or (3) a Certificate of Naturalization issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), when returning to the United States, under certain conditions: The passengers must board the cruise ship at a port or place within the United States; and The passengers must return on the same ship to the same U.S. port or place from where they originally departed. Has anyone else seen this? There is also a statement on this here http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1182350422171.shtm The departments have also identified unique circumstances for specific groups of travelers that warrant permitting the use of alternative documents. U.S. citizens on round trip cruise ship voyages that originate and end in the United States may present a government-issued photo ID and birth certificates, Consular Reports of Birth Abroad or Certificates of Naturalization Mike, the documents that I referenced were not pertaing to the temporary rule change, but to the final implementation. This is what was submitted to the National Register for their proposed rule change.

Would it surprise you that because of this rule, there are many American men living abroad in exile? Would it surprise you that because of this rule, there are many American men living abroad in exile and will never return to the United States? Many of them have started, a new family abroad that they will never abandon. Many became naturalized citizen of other countries, and some are permanently stranded in countries like china, when their US passport expired, because they are married to Chinese women and have children there, that they will never abandon. Section 51.70 (a) (8) of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations states, in part, that if you are certified to Passport Services by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be in arrears of child support payments in excess of $2,500, you are ineligible to receive a U.S. passport . If this applies to you, Passport Services strongly recommends that you contact the appropriate State child support enforcement agency to make payment arrangements before applying for a passport.

help with passport I-131? i had my fingerprinting on the 19th of June. wen shud i recieve my passport?? i have the expediture process on it. thankz. i live in the united states(new york) and applied to the nebraska service center. thnkz

Coragryph Says New Haven CT Is Breaking No Laws But According To The States Own Web Site They Are, Do You See? coragryph They are not disregarding any law. Federal law prohibits states from enforcing federal immigration laws. CT is not trying to enforce federal immigration laws. CT is providing a state issued ID for people -- which is completely within its constitutional and statutory rights. Can you cite what laws you think CT is breaking? The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issues a Non-Driver Photo Identification Cards (ID) to any applicant who does not possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license or whose Connecticut license is presently under suspension. The applicant must be a Connecticut resident. ID cards are issued three to five years depending on the person's date of birth. Note: If an applicant ever applies for a Connecticut Driver's License, the identification card must be surrendered when the driver's license is issued. To obtain an ID card, qualified persons must apply at any Full Service DMV Branch Office, or the Stamford, Willimantic or Winsted Satellite offices (new issue ID cards will not be processed at the Putnam Satellite office, the Photo License Centers/Buses or AAA offices) and present the following: Your certified Birth Certificate or valid Passport (hospital birth certificates or photocopies will not be accepted) and one additional form of identification from our list of acceptable forms of identification . Note: If you are not a citizen of the United States , you will be required to show proof of your legal status in this country. Holders of a B1 or B2 Visitor's Visa are not eligible for a driver's license or identification card unless a valid USCIS Employment Authorization Card and verification of an application pending for Lawful Permanent Residence is provided. Foreign students with an F1 Visa status must show USCIS document I-20 and verification of current enrollment in a Connecticut school. J1 Visa holders are required to show USCIS document DS2019. H1B Visa holders are required to show a valid USCIS Employment Authorization Card and an employee verification letter from a Connecticut employer. All applicants will be verified through USCIS for legal status before a driver's license/identification card will be issued. Verification of Connecticut resident address (P.O. Box is not acceptable). Verification may be in the form of a utility bill, mortgage document, lease or rental agreement, or a postmarked letter dated within 90 days if the resident address is the same as the mailing address. In accordance with the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 666 (a) (13), it will be required that the social security number of any applicant applying for an ID card be recorded on the Connecticut Identification Card Requirements and Application (form B-230). Your Social Security number will be verified with the Social Security Administration (SSA) before the ID card is issued. If you do not have a social security number, you must obtain a letter from SSA that states you are not eligible for a social security number. This letter must be submitted to DMV when applying for your ID card. Completed Connecticut Identification Card Requirements and Application (form B-230). If applicant is under the age of eighteen, a parent, court-appointed legal guardian (certified court documentation must be presented), or spouse over 18 years of age must sign the Connecticut Identification Card Requirements and Application (form B-230). $15 fee (cash or money order only made payable to the DMV). Renewals: DMV will send out renewal notices for ID cards to the current address we have on file. Proceed to any Full Service DMV Branch Office, or the Stamford, Willimantic or Winsted Satellite offices (ID card renewals will not be processed at the Putnam Satellite office, the Photo License Centers/Buses or AAA offices) and present the following: The renewal notice (if available). Certified copy of your birth certificate or valid passport (hospital birth certificates or photocopies will not be accepted). Your ID card, which must be surrendered. If the ID card has been lost you must present one additional form of identification from our list of acceptable forms of identification . If you are not a citizen of the United States, you will also be required to show proof of your legal status in this country as noted above. If you have had a name change since your ID card was issued you must present a certified marriage license, certified divorce decree or a certified probate court name change document for name change other than in instances of marriage or divorce. Verification of Connecticut resident address (P.O. Box is not acceptable). Verification may be in the form of a utility bill, mortgage document, lease or rental agreement, or a postmarked letter (dated within 90 days) if the resident address is the same as the mailing address. Social Security number, which will be verified with the Social Security Administration (SSA) before the ID card is issued. If you do not have a social security number, you must obtain a letter from SSA that states you are not eligible for a social security number and present this to DMV. $15 fee (cash or money order only made payable to DMV). If applicant is under the age of eighteen, a parent, court-appointed legal guardian (certified court documentation must be presented), or spouse over 18 years of age must sign the application. Duplicates (Replacements): A person whose ID card has been lost, stolen or damaged may be issued a new identification card by applying at a DMV Full Service office, Satellite office or Photo License Center (not AAA or the Photo License Bus) and must present the following: Certified copy of your birth certificate or valid passport (hospital birth certificates or photocopies will not be accepted) and one additional form of identification from list of acceptable forms of identification . If you are not a citizen of the United States, you will be required to show proof of legal status in this country as noted above. $15 fee (cash or money order only made payable to DMV). Change of Name: Supporting documentation is required when a name change is requested. Supporting documents are a certified marriage license, certified divorce decree or a certified probate certificate for name change other than in instances of marriage or divorce. There is no fee for a change of name. If your ID is lost, follow the same procedure as noted above for obtaining a duplicate (replacement) ID card and pay the $15 fee. Suspended Licenses: A person whose Connecticut operator's license is under suspension may apply for an ID card as long as all of the above requirements are met. Revoked Licenses: A person whose privileges have been revoked cannot obtain an ID card.

Is it moral assuming the identity of a deceased individual to obtain a U.S. passport? A Mexican national living in Whittier was arrested Tuesday at the U.S.-Mexico border in an ongoing federal crackdown on passport application fraud, which has netted 11 other arrests over the past three weeks. Alma Huerta, 40, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles on Oct. 21 on charges of using a false identity to obtain a passport in 2000 and using that document in an attempt to open a bank account, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. A total of 20 defendants have been charged with making false statements in relation to passport applications. Authorities are searching for eight fugitives, prosecutors said. The sweep stems from findings by the Diplomatic Security Service's Los Angeles office that saw a 30 percent increase from 2007 to 2008 in passport fraud cases, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Among those arrested: -- Sergio Samonet, 48, a Cuban citizen who resides in South Gate, who allegedly stole the identity of his ex-wife's mentally handicapped son and used that identity to obtain a U.S. Passport. Samonet was convicted in 2005 on state charges related to his use of the same stolen identity, and he was subsequently ordered deported from the U.S. by an immigration court; -- Piyamas Jeerapaet, 41, of Burbank, who allegedly using her position as a U.S. Postal Service employee to help her brother, a Thai citizen, obtain a passport in a false identity. Jeerapaet pleaded not guilty last week in Los Angeles federal court and is scheduled to go to trial on Dec. 29; -- Francisco Martinez, 67, a Mexican national who was living in Oxnard, was arrested for allegedly assuming the identity of a deceased individual to obtain a U.S. passport in 2001 and to apply for a U.S. Passport Card in 2008. The investigation allegedly found that Martinez had a criminal history related to the sale of narcotics and had previously been deported from the United States. Martinez, who is also charged with illegal re-entry after deportation, pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles last week and is scheduled to go to trial on Dec. 22; -- Jose Tejada, 39, a citizen of El Salvador who was residing in Los Angeles, was arrested for allegedly attempting to renew a passport he had already obtained under a false identity in 1995. Tejeda pleaded not guilty last week and is scheduled to go to trial on Dec. 8; and -- Jose Yezid Rodriguez-Rojas, who also used the name Angel Luis Pena, is currently in a California state prison. The Colombian national is charged with attempting to obtain a U.S. passport in at least two false identities. Other defendants in custody after being charged in the sweep are: Diego Martinez-Diaz, 26, of Pacoima, who is currently in state prison; Leonardo Aguago Aldape, 39, of Los Angeles; Christian Mauricio Sanchez Merlin, 30, of Whittier; Ricardo Torres, 35, a native of Peru who was living in Van Nuys; Ibrahim Olanrewaju Adekeye, 27; and Odonga Kenya Rush, 38, both of Chula Vista. Those convicted of passport and visa fraud face a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The fugitives currently sought are: Son Parsons, 48, of Alpharetta, Ga.; Suarez Gonzalez, 46, of Los Angeles; Carlos Edward Veliz, 32, of Los Angeles; David Prado Flores, 37, of Downey; Daza Jair Labrador Lopez, 36, of Van Nuys; Hector Acosta-Espinosa, who is believed to be in Mexico; Karen Fuentes, 25, of Long Beach, who is believed to have fled to Nicaragua; and an unidentified man who used the names Juan Molina Sandoval and Edward Valenzuela. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13757322?nclick_check=1

describe the roles of the following in the conduct of foreign relations? Ambassador Consul Bureau of International information Programs Agency For International Development United States and foreign Commercial Service I need 3 statements on what each does. I also need you to explain the purpose of a passport and visa for international travel. I need this fast please help! Well if your so smart then you see if you can get the answers.

What do you think Mexico's Official "Guide For The Mexican Migrant"? Dear fellow citizen: This guide tries to provide you with some practical advice that may be useful to you in case you have made the difficult decision to seek new work opportunities outside of your own country. The safe way of entering another country is by first obtaining your passport, which is issued by the Delegations of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and your visa, which you request at the Embassy or Consulate of the country to where you wish to travel. However, we actually see many cases of Mexicans who try to cross the northern border without the necessary documentation, crossing high-risk zones that are very dangerous, especially in desert areas or rivers with strong and not always noticeable currents. INTRODUCTION, PAGES 2 - 3 As you read this guide you can also learn some basic questions about legal consequences of your stay in the United States of America without appropriate immigration documents, as well as the rights you have in that country once you are there, independently of your immigration status. Always keep in mind that there are mechanisms for you to enter the United States of America legally. In any case, if you encounter problems or difficulties, remember that Mexico has 45 Consulates at its disposal in that country, whose contact information you also can find in this publication. Identify your Consulate and go to it. RISKS, PAGES 4 - 5 DANGERS OF CROSSING IN HIGH-RISK ZONES Crossing the river can be very risky, especially if you cross alone and at night. Thick clothing increases your weight when wet and makes it hard to swim or float. RISKS, PAGES 6 - 7 If you cross in the desert, try to travel when the heat is not so intense. Highways and towns are very far apart, so that it could take you several days to find roads and you will not be able to carry food or water for that long; you could even get lost. Salted water helps you retain body fluids. Although you get more thirsty, if you drink salted water the risk of dehydration is lessened. Dehydration symptoms are: •Little or no perspiration •Dryness of eyes and mouth •Headache •Fatigue and exhaustion •Difficulty in walking and reasoning •Hallucinations and mirages If you get lost follow utility poles, railroad tracks or furrows. BE CAREFUL OF ALIEN SMUGGLERS, PAGES 8 - 9 BE CAREFUL OF "POLLEROS", "COYOTES" OR "PATEROS" [Various names for alien smugglers) They can deceive you by assuring you they'll cross you [smuggle you across the border] at certain times over mountains or through deserts. This is not true! They can put your life in danger leading you through rivers, irrigation canals, desert areas, along railroad tracks or freeways. This has caused the death of hundreds of people. If you decide to use the services of "polleros", "coyotes" or "pateros" to cross the border, consider the following precautions to take: Don't let him out of your sight; remember that he's the only one that knows the terrain and therefore is the one that can get you out. Do not trust anyone who offers to cross you over to the "other side" and asks you to drive a vehicle or carry a package for him. Regularly those... BE CAREFUL OF ALIEN SMUGGLERS, PAGES 10 - 11 ...packages contain drugs or other prohibited substances. For that reason many people have ended up in jail. If you transport other people you can be confused with an alien smuggler and be accused of alien smuggling yourself or even vehicle theft. Don't hand over your minor children to strangers that offer to cross them to the United States. DO NOT USE FALSE DOCUMENTS, PAGES 12 - 13 DO NOT USE FALSE DOCUMENTS OR DOCUMENTS OF OTHER PEOPLE, NOR DECLARE A FALSE NATIONALITY If you try to cross with documents that are false or that belong to someone else, keep the following in mind: The use of documents that are false or that belong to someone else is a Federal crime in the United States, for which you can be criminally prosecuted and end up in jail; the same as if you give a false name or say you are a U.S. citizen when you are not. Do not lie to U.S. border crossing or inspection booth agents. IF YOU ARE DETAINED, PAGES 14 - 15 •Do not resist arrest. •Do not assault or insult the officer. •Do not throw stones or other objects at the officers nor at the patrol cars, because this is considered a form of provocation. •If the officers feel they've been assaulted they will probably use force to detain you. •Raise your hands slowly for them to see you're unarmed. •Do not carry or hold any objects that could be construed as weapons, such as: lanterns, screwdrivers, blades, knives or stones. IF YOU ARE DETAINED, PAGE 16 / YOUR RIGHTS, PAGE 17 IF YOU ARE DETAINED •Don't run or try to escape. •Don't hide in dangero

Could I please get some feed back on this paper? APA format, How is the writing, Should it have more info etc. Modern day slavery also known as “human trafficking.” Traffickers look for individuals who are poor, unemployed, or families that are in high debt, mainly women and children in certain countries. Victims are convinced with false promises of a good job and a better way of living, and then forced to work under abusive and inhuman conditions. Victims of trafficking are brought into the system through several means. Most victims of trafficking today come from three populations. First, parents may sell children to traffickers in order to pay off debts or gain income. Second, runaways or other displaced persons may be picked up by traffickers. Third, people who are seeking entry to other countries may be picked up by traffickers, and typically are misled into thinking that they will be free after being smuggled across the border. Definitions may very base upon that cultural variation of the crime. In the United States, when people think of human trafficking, they often refer to the illegal practice of migrant smuggling. They picture illegal immigrants from countries like Mexico or China arriving into the United States by way of freight trailer or cargo boat in search for job opportunities and freedom. Human trafficking is defined as sex trafficking in which commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or in which the person forced to perform such an act is under 18. The recruitment, transportation, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force or fraud, for the purpose of subjecting that person to involuntary hard labor, high debts owed, or slavery. Men, women, and children worldwide were bought, sold, transported, and held against their will in unsafe and abusive conditions. Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing forms of commerce and crime throughout the world. While men, women, and children are trafficked throughout many countries into forced labor situations in sweatshops and agricultural sites, the majority of victims are women and children trafficking into the sex trade for the purpose of prostitution, sex tourism, pornography and other sexual services. Most recent Department of States estimates indicate that 700,000 to million women and children are trafficked each year across the world, 50,000 of them into and within the United States (Chauang, J., 2006). The International Organization for Migrations (IOM) estimate the rate could be much higher, stating that as many as two million men, women and children were trafficking across borders in 2001 (IOM website, 2003). Illegal aliens look for the help of “traffickers” to be transporter into another country, mainly the United States. Traffickers, work in small, large, or highly organized groups, arranging for everything from transportation to fake identification, visas, passports and work documents for the aliens. While the conditions of transportation may be unknown, “smuggled” aliens knowingly and willingly enter the destination country to work or find work, they agree to being smuggled. However, a smuggling relationship may allow the opportunity for the smuggler to alter the relationship to trafficking. Persons who seek the help of smugglers often become victims of trafficking, in the destination country or en route. When victims have never consented to being smuggled are either kidnapped or deceived with false employment offers. Traffickers make a profit between seven billion and ten billion dollars a year globally, and it is know as the third largest source of illicit trade, behind guns and narcotics. According to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, the intelligence community predicts that revenue from trafficking “will outstrip the illicit trade in guns and narcotics within a decade.” (Chauang, J., 2006). History Early trafficking efforts focused on white slavery. In 1904, the International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic was created, although very few countries signed it. In the following decades, the focus on trafficking continued to be on women and children who were sold into prostitution. The first concerted international effort to combat trafficking came in 1949, with the U.N. Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. Like other such conventions before it, the document focused on the trafficking of women and children for prostitution. The U.S. at the same time was undertaking its own efforts to combat global human trafficking. In 2000, Congress passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (also referred to as the Trafficking Victims Protection Act), the first U.S. law to comprehensively address the various aspects of human trafficking. The act included measures to help those who were trafficked and to increase punishment for traffickers, as well as to bolster other countries' efforts against trafficking. President Bill Clinton (D, 1993-2000) signed the act in October 2000, hailing it as "the most significant step we've ever taken to secure the health and safety of women at home and around the world." With regard to dealing with those who have been trafficked, the law represented a turnaround in policy. Previously, those found working illicitly were treated as criminals. The 2000 act changed that, treating those people as victims of a crime and seeking to help rather than punish them. Under the act, victims can be given a special visa, called a T-visa, allowing them to stay in the U.S. for up to three years if they would face hardship upon deportation. In return, the victims agree to assist in the investigation and prosecution of the traffickers. (As of March 2004, 448 victims of trafficking had been granted a T-visa.) The U.S. has also cracked down on Americans who may contribute to trafficking abroad. For example, Congress has passed legislation under which Americans who travel overseas to frequent child prostitutes, known as "sex tourism," can be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison. And the Defense Department has also established a "zero tolerance" policy toward U.S. servicemen who may contribute to human trafficking overseas. In addition, individual states have also begun to pass human trafficking legislation. Texas and Washington State were the first two states to pass such legislation, and Arizona and California are considering similar legislation. Reference Chuang, J. “Beyond a snapshot: Preventing human trafficking in the global economy.” Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 2006, pg. 137. International Organization for Migration, 2006. http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp.

WE GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM THE U.S CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES ? I WAS BORN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES! AND MY HUSBAND HE WAS BORN IN HONDURAS. I APPLY WITH THE IMMIGRATION SO I COULD FIX HIM PAPERS. AND IM NOT SURE IF THIS LETTER IS ABOUT THAT OR NOT? BUT IM CONFUSE ABOUT THIS LETTER. IT'S ASKING FOR A PASSPORT PHOTO! AND A COPY OF HIS DRIVER LICENSE! AND HE NEEDS TO GO TO SEATTLE WASHINGTON SO THEY COULD GET HIS FINGERPRINTS..ALSO ITS SAYS THAT IS A LETTER FROM A APPLICATION FOR SYLUM ?? WHY THEY ARE ASKING FOR ALL THIS??\

Do you know the Mexican Agenda? Among the U.S. domestic issues on which the Mexican government is actively exerting influence outside of normal diplomatic channels both through its broad network of consular offices and through the new structure of overseas communities are the following: * Driver's licenses. Mexican consular officers and Mexican community activists have aggressively been lobbying state legislatures to adopt laws that allow illegal immigrants to obtain state driver's licenses. This effort has been successful in a number of states but met with a setback in 2005 when the REAL ID bill was adopted as part of the Iraq-Afghanistan Supplemental bill. This action led to Mexican President Fox's announcement on May 12, that his government would take unspecified actions to oppose the new U.S. law and his intemperate comment that "Mexican immigrants...are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do there in the United States." * Mexican Consular IDs — Matricula Consular. Shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States and the government's heightened security concerns, the Mexican government began to aggressively seek recognition of identity cards issued to Mexicans residing in the United States by local governments. Because Mexicans who are legal immigrants already have identity documents such as the 'green card' and legal nonimmigrants have documents such as a Mexican passport and U.S. visa or U.S. Border Crossing Card, the object of this ID campaign clearly was to provide an identity document to Mexicans illegally residing in the United States. The campaign was not just to issue the matricula consular to these illegal aliens, but also to get those documents accepted by local governments for law enforcement purposes and provision of services. * In-State Tuition.The network of Mexican consular officials and local support groups has also aggressively lobbied state government to adopt laws that allow Mexican and other illegal aliens who have graduated from U.S. high schools to be able to benefit from the taxpayers' support of higher education by enrolling at in-state resident tuition rates.

Do I meet the citizenship requirements for service in the Royal Marines? I was born and raised in the United States to an American father. That being said, my mother is from Liverpool, and didn't leave England until she was 22-years-old to study in America. She has yet to obtain full American citizenship and continues to travel with her British passport. It i my understanding that I automatically inherit British citizenship from my mother under the Naturalization Act of 1981. Is this correct? Am I eligible to serve in Her Majesty's armed forces?

Russian Translation Agency in Florida, Tampa Bay / FL? I have just moved to Florida, United States from Russia and am currently in need of translating a number of Russian documents. These include Russian birth certificate, Russian passport and two diplomas from Russian universities. As I am new in Tampa Bay area and don’t know any translation agencies dealing with Russian documents, would you provide any recommendations? I am looking for a translation agency specializing in translating between English and Russian languages. The translations should be accepted by US immigration services, such as USCIS as well as state and private universities and agencies to evaluate Russian diplomas.

Please help check spellings error on my resume. 10 points for the best help. Thank you? WORK EXPERIENCE Graduate Assistant to the Chair August 2006-Present Department of Management, Marketing, and Public Administration Bowie State University, Bowie, MD •Managing internship/scholarship/ conferences opportunities •Organizing graduate students’ official files and documents •MPA program liaison •Advising undergraduate students •Developing and updating department website •Broadcasting information and scheduling courses on the university databases •Conducting research for MBA program coordinator Graduate Student Worker (Part-time) August 2004-February 2008 Sodexho, USA •Assisted the general manager in planning and organizing various restaurants on campus •Provided strong team work and support to achieve the goals of the company •Ranked highly among the team for excellent service and strong sales. Intern May-August, 2005 The Royal Thai Embassy, Washington, D.C. •Assisted the Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission (International Relations) •Verified official documents (passport, visa, naturalization, and legalization) •Provided administrative support to officers and local staff PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING •Member of Society for Human Resource Management 2007-2008 •Website Development Training September, 2007 •OSDBU Procurement Conference April, 2007 •Faculty Research and Scholarship Training Series March, 2007 SKILLS Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet) Research (Collecting, Managing, Analyzing, and Presenting Data) Communication Skills (English and Thai) AWARDS Graduate Assistantship 2006-2008 SILVER Academic Award 2005-2006 Julie Lieber International Scholarship 2004-2005 ASSE International Exchange Program Scholarship, United States, 2002-2003 INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS Featured in the Bowie State University (HBCU) viewbook and website in “Spotlight” section, Fall 2007 Organized and hosted “Women and Children in Japanese Society” Speech and Dinner, the guest speaker was the First Secretary of the Consulate General of Japan in New York, Fall 2005. Assisted the Thai Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission and organized “A Taste of Thailand” Gala Dinner, a benefit for the post-tsunami support of schools and living facilities for the orphans in Thailand, Summer 2005. Served as the Vice President of the Asia Club at Edinboro University, organized an educational trip to Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Spring 2004.

If I was born in the U.K. to a British Mother and an American father in 1978, do I have British Citizenship? Hello, I was wondering if someone could help to answer a question for me... with a couple sub-questions (sorry). I was born in the U.K. in 1978 to a British mother and an American father. My mother was born there and spent her entire life in the U.K. until she met my father who was stationed in England as a member of the United States Air Force. We moved to the U.S. in 1984 and I am a United States citizen with a U.S. passport. I have copies of my original British birth certificate. My mother is now an American citizen. I am thinking of applying for a British passport and British Citizenship but want to know if I am eligible or not, or if I am automatically a British Citizen by birth since I was born in England prior to 1983. If I do qualify for British citizenship, do I have to swear allegiance to the British crown? I am asking this because it states in U.S. passport guidelines that an individual may lose his/her American citizenship if they swear allegiance to a foreign government. I do not wish to lose my American passport or citizenship, I want to become a dual citizen, carrying both passports with the ability to reside and work in either place, access NHS services if I happen to become sick while in the U.K., etc. I realize that the U.S. supposedly does not recognize dual citizenship but that the U.K. does. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Please help with my resume. 10 points for the best advice. Thank you? WORK EXPERIENCE Graduate Assistant to the Chair August 2006-Present Department of Management, Marketing, and Public Administration Bowie State University, Bowie, MD •Managing internship/scholarship/ conferences opportunities •Organzing graduate students’ official files and documents •MPA program liaision •Advising undergraduate students •Developing and updating department website •Broadcasting information and scheduling courses on the university databases •Conducting research for MBA program coordinator Graduate Student Worker (Part-time) August 2004-February 2008 Sodexho, USA •Assisted the general manager in planning and organizing various restaurants on campus •Provided strong team work and support to achieve the goals of the company •Ranked highly among the team for excellent service and strong sales. Intern May-August, 2005 The Royal Thai Embassy, Washington, D.C. •Assisted the Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission (International Relations) •Verified official documents (passport, visa, naturalization, and legalization) •Provided administrative support to officers and local staff PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING •Member of Society for Human Resource Management 2007-2008 •Website Development Training September, 2007 •OSDBU Procurement Conference April, 2007 •Faculty Research and Scholarship Training Series March, 2007 SKILLS Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet) Research (Collecting, Managing, Analyzing, and Presenting Data) Communication Skills (English and Thai) AWARDS Graduate Assistantship 2006-2008 SILVER Academic Award 2005-2006 Julie Lieber International Scholarship 2004-2005 ASSE International Exchange Program Scholarship, United States, 2002-2003 INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS Featured in the Bowie State University (HBCU) viewbook and website in “Spotlight” section, Fall 2007 Organized and hosted “Women and Children in Japanese Society” Speech and Dinner, the guest speaker was the First Secretary of the Consulate General of Japan in New York, Fall 2005. Assisted the Thai Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission and organized “A Taste of Thailand” Gala Dinner, a benefit for the post-tsunami support of schools and living facilities for the orphans in Thailand, Summer 2005. Served as the Vice President of the Asia Club at Edinboro University, organized an educational trip to Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Spring 2004.

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Pro Illegal is this what they want more of 1,700 try to pass fake documents for driver's licenses? Where is the honest Mexican here ? More than 1,700 illegal immigrants have been caught attempting to pass fake documents at state driver's licenses offices in the first month after a tough immigration law went into effect, according to a state official. "We're seeing evidence of individuals trying to slip through the cracks," said Michael Cooke, executive director of the Colorado Department of Revenue. Colorado's new anti-illegal immigration laws passed by the legislature this summer set up a strict identification check meant to deny most public services to undocumented adult immigrants. The Division of Motor Vehicles is on the front line of those checks. As residents come into DMV offices to get state ID cards or driver's licenses, they're asked to present birth certificates and immigration papers such as passports and green cards to prove they are in the United States legally. Those documents are then run through the federal SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlements) system to verify the applicant's legal immigration status. In the past month, about 2,100 applicants at DMV were told their documents needed further investigation. Of those, 177 met with investigators and were cleared as legal residents of Colorado. But more than 1,700 cases are pending. Cooke believes DMV will never see those applicants again because they know their documents are phony. "We're asking them to go to our investigative unit so we can look into the matter, and we're not hearing back from them," Cooke said. The 1,700-plus names have been sent to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, she said. So far, DMV offices have also caught about 150 people attempting to use fraudulent birth certificates, and that number is climbing. Most of the certificates were authentic, but the person presenting the document was not the individual named on the certificate, Cooke said.

I was born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I'm trying to order my birth certificate. but I'm lost, I need help.? I'm in the process of getting my permit but no birth ceritificate to take it to the next step. So I have my un-certified copy of "Consular Report of Birth Abroad"of a Citizen of the United States of America. ........acquired United States citizenship at birth as established by documentary evidence presented to the Consular Service of the United States at NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS.... Both of my parents are U.S Citizens. I'm just so lost on where to get my birth certificate. Need help. p.s I don't have my passport. I have an expired Military dependent I.D and possibly my social security card.

why are obama's records off limits? 1 Certified copy of original birth certificate 2 Columbia University transcripts 3 Columbia thesis paper 4 Campaign donor analysis requested by 7 major watchdog groups 5 Harvard University transcripts 6 Illinois State Senate records 7 Illinois State Senate schedule 8 Law practice client list and billing records/summary 9 Locations and names of all half-siblings and step-mother 10 Medical records (only the one page summary released so far) 11 Occidental College Transcripts 12 Parent’s marriage Certificate 13 Record of baptism 14 Selective Service registration records 15 Schedules for trips outside of the United States before 2007 16 Passport records for all passports 17 Scholarly articles 18 SAT and LSAT test scores 19 Access to his grandmother in Kenya 20 List of all campaign workers that are lobbyists 21 Punahou grade school records 22 Noelani Kindergarten records are oddly missing from the the State of Hawaii Department of Education. 23 Page 11 of Stanley Ann Dunham's divorce decree. Anyone who cares about their country would be very concerned that a POTUS had hidden every scrap of information of his life that he possibly could.

Please help with my resume. 10 points for the best advice. Thank you? WORK EXPERIENCE Graduate Assistant to the Chair August 2006-Present Department of Management, Marketing, and Public Administration Bowie State University, Bowie, MD •Managing internship/scholarship/ conferences opportunities •Organzing graduate students’ official files and documents •MPA program liaision •Advising undergraduate students •Developing and updating department website •Broadcasting information and scheduling courses on the university databases •Conducting research for MBA program coordinator Graduate Student Worker (Part-time) August 2004-February 2008 Sodexho, USA •Assisted the general manager in planning and organizing various restaurants on campus •Provided strong team work and support to achieve the goals of the company •Ranked highly among the team for excellent service and strong sales. Intern May-August, 2005 The Royal Thai Embassy, Washington, D.C. •Assisted the Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission (International Relations) •Verified official documents (passport, visa, naturalization, and legalization) •Provided administrative support to officers and local staff PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING •Member of Society for Human Resource Management 2007-2008 •Website Development Training September, 2007 •OSDBU Procurement Conference April, 2007 •Faculty Research and Scholarship Training Series March, 2007 SKILLS Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet) Research (Collecting, Managing, Analyzing, and Presenting Data) Communication Skills (English and Thai) AWARDS Graduate Assistantship 2006-2008 SILVER Academic Award 2005-2006 Julie Lieber International Scholarship 2004-2005 ASSE International Exchange Program Scholarship, United States, 2002-2003 INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS Featured in the Bowie State University (HBCU) viewbook and website in “Spotlight” section, Fall 2007 Organized and hosted “Women and Children in Japanese Society” Speech and Dinner, the guest speaker was the First Secretary of the Consulate General of Japan in New York, Fall 2005. Assisted the Thai Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission and organized “A Taste of Thailand” Gala Dinner, a benefit for the post-tsunami support of schools and living facilities for the orphans in Thailand, Summer 2005. Served as the Vice President of the Asia Club at Edinboro University, organized an educational trip to Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Spring 2004. Tell me what are the typos. Thank you

Filipinoys, watch out! look who's coming to a neighborhood near you in hordes? http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/13/sex.offenders.passports/index.html?hpt=C2 (CNN) -- Thousands of registered sex offenders have received U.S. passports, including at least 30 federal employees, according to a Government Accountability Office report obtained by CNN. The GAO report said the Department of State cannot legally deny passports to registered sex offenders, except those specifically convicted of sex tourism. The report concluded that about 4,500 U.S. passports of the more than 16 million issued in fiscal year 2008 were issued to registered sex offenders. "Federal statutes authorize the Secretary of State to deny issuance of a passport in certain circumstances, such as while an individual is imprisoned or on parole or supervised release for a conviction for international drug trafficking or sex tourism or is in arrearages for child support," the report states. "However, there is currently no comprehensive program to deny passports to applicants who are registered sex offenders." The State Department called the report "very misleading" and adding it "conveys more 'shock value' than factual accuracy." In a written response, the department pointed out that only a fraction of 1 percent of the 16 million passports issued in fiscal year 2008 went to registered sex offenders. In addition, the title of the report "fails to convey that GAO found no lawful reasons for the department to deny or revoke the passports of the case study sex offenders based on their status as sex offenders." "The report appears to suggest, without any foundation, that the Department's issuance of passports to certain Americans facilitated their commission of sex crimes abroad," the department's response said. "There are no facts in the report which show that any of the thirty individuals included in the case studies used his passport to travel to a foreign country to commit a sex crime." The original title of the report, "Passports Issued to Thousands of Registered Sex Offenders," was later changed to "Current Situation Results in Thousands of Passports Issued to Registered Sex Offenders." The GAO report was requested by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana. The GAO studied data from the National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR). However, the approximately 4,500 sex offenders who received passports in fiscal year 2008 "is likely understated because many of the records in the passport database and the NSOR lacked valid Social Security numbers ... In addition, the NSOR does not currently contain a comprehensive listing of all sex offenders from the states." The GAO found cases that include a sex offender from Texas who received a passport while in prison, a Delaware man with multiple sex convictions who traveled to the Philippines, Germany and France since receiving his passport, and a Georgia man who has traveled to the Philippines, Ireland and Panama. Among the federal employees who received passports was an aerospace engineer with NASA, an employee of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and a Postal Service carrier who traveled to Taiwan and Japan after receiving his passport. About 50 of those who received passports either lived outside the United States or "their whereabouts were unknown," the report said. A new law took effect in December 2008 that prohibits anyone convicted of sex tourism from receiving a U.S. passport. However, the report said, the Department of State was not even aware of the law until April of this year after the GAO "brought this statute to its attention." "When Congress passes a law and the president signs it, then the Executive Branch needs to execute it," Grassley said in a statement. "I'm shocked that GAO had to inform the State Department that Congress made individuals convicted of sex tourism ineligible for passports back in December 2008. It's inexcusable that the State Department did nothing to enforce that provision for 14 months. Since someone who is late on child support payments cannot receive a passport, then surely these criminals should also be stopped from traveling internationally." "It also is disturbing that the GAO found examples prior to that new law where the State Department issued passports to convicted sex offenders who fled law enforcement, received government housing subsidies, and work for the Post Office. This report raises a lot of serious questions about how effectively the government protects us from child predators," Grassley said. The report also studied a group of registered sex offenders -- many who held positions of public trust, including a school teacher, religious layman, and health care provider. "Other cases involve registered sex offenders who owe child support or are currently in prison or whose whereabouts ar

Does Hillary really have the Qualifications, to be Secretary of State? After reading the duties of this job description....I don't think she should have been appointed to this job... Duties of the Secretary of State FACT SHEET Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC January 22, 2001 Under the Constitution, the President of the United States determines U.S. foreign policy. The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser. The Secretary carries out the President’s foreign policies through the State Department and the Foreign Service of the United States. Created in 1789 by the Congress as the successor to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of State is the senior executive Department of the U.S. Government. The Secretary of State’s duties relating to foreign affairs have not changed significantly since then, but they have become far more complex as international commitments multiplied. These duties—the activities and responsibilities of the State Department—include the following: Serves as the President’s principal adviser on U.S. foreign policy; Conducts negotiations relating to U.S. foreign affairs; Grants and issues passports to American citizens and exequaturs to foreign consuls in the United States; Advises the President on the appointment of U.S. ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other diplomatic representatives; Advises the President regarding the acceptance, recall, and dismissal of the representatives of foreign governments; Personally participates in or directs U.S. representatives to international conferences, organizations, and agencies; Negotiates, interprets, and terminates treaties and agreements; Ensures the protection of the U.S. Government to American citizens, property, and interests in foreign countries; Supervises the administration of U.S. immigration laws abroad; Provides information to American citizens regarding the political, economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian conditions in foreign countries; Informs the Congress and American citizens on the conduct of U.S. foreign relations; Promotes beneficial economic intercourse between the United States and other countries; Administers the Department of State; Supervises the Foreign Service of the United States. In addition, the Secretary of State retains domestic responsibilities that Congress entrusted to the State Department in 1789. These include the custody of the Great Seal of the United States, the preparation of certain presidential proclamations, the publication of treaties and international acts as well as the official record of the foreign relations of the United States, and the custody of certain original treaties and international agreements. The Secretary also serves as the channel of communication between the Federal Government and the States on the extradition of fugitives to or from foreign countries. [End] she was a former first lady and that gives her the Military expertiese she needed? And she worked in New York?..are you guys serious? Her husband was a draft dodger, and an embarressment to the United States MIlitary...she has absolutely NO experience to do the jobs and duties here, ...it is ridiculous...she have never led any office, such as Governor, or been in charge of a state...Rudy Guliani would have been knowlegable, and could have done this job...but this was a token' 'shutup ' appointment...why do you all think she HAS the experience and qualifications....enlighten me.

Please answer as many as you can? Describe the roles of the following in the conduct of foreign relations: Ambassador: Consul: United States Information Agency: Agency for International Development: Foreign Commercial Service: What is the purpose of a passport and visa for international travel?

Does it ever bother libs that they know nearly nothing about Obama? Obamas’ hidden records: Why are these off limits? Why has he paid out millions to lawyers to keep all this hidden??? 1. Certified copy of original birth certificate 2. Columbia University transcripts sealed. 3. Columbia thesis paper sealed. 4. Campaign donor analysis requested by 7 major watchdog groups 5. Harvard University transcripts sealed. 6. Illinois State Senate records limited access. 7. Illinois State Senate schedule limited access. 8. Law practice client list and billing records/summary 9. Locations and names of all half-siblings and step-mother 10. Medical records (only the one page summary released so far) 11. Occidental College Transcripts hidden. 12. Parent’s marriage Certificate not available. 13. Record of baptism14 Selective Service registration records 14. (Did Obama Actually Register for Selective Service? This supposed revelation of 0’s SS records has been debunked here and here.) 15. Schedules for trips outside of the United States before 2007 16. Passport records for all passports 17. Scholarly articles 18. SAT and LSAT test scores 19. Access to his grandmother in Kenya 20. List of all campaign workers that are lobbyists 21. Punahou grade school records 22/ Noelani Kindergarten records are oddly missing from the the State of Hawaii Department of Education. 23. Obama 1964 Divorce Papers - 13 Pages - Missing Pg 11 24. Why isn’t Barack Obama still a member of the Illinois bar and where are all of the relevant documents? 25. Why isn’t Michelle Obama still a member of the Illinois bar, after only about four years of practice, and where are all of the relevant documents? Ms Minerva: Not only are Palin and Gingrich irrelevant to my question, but saying that Palin was 'forced to resign' for any resign is a product of your imagination

Government Help 10 points? 1. United States immigration laws require nearly all foreign visitors to obtain a (1 point) conscription. Foreign Service pass. visa. National Security pass. 2. During the Civil War, the United States first used compulsory military service, or (1 point) sanction. conscription. regional security pact. mutual defense alliance. 3. All males when they reach age 18 are required to (1 point) obtain a visa. visit a consulate. obtain a passport. register with the draft board

Do you think that this is true, what do American man think about this? Many American mothers (who are very good mother according to social services) do not put my daughter’s daddy on the birth certificate in the US, is because that way I do not need his consent to get a US passport and move out of state or the country and I will never have to deal with family court. This passport requirement creates more fathers less children and is the only reason why many American mothers do not want the father involved in the United States. It does not matter if the father is a good father, or a horrible father. If man have no legal rights to there children in American many mothers would want the father involved. For this reason many woman in the United States, will only have a child with a sperm donor from a sperm bank so there children will have no legal father.

Do I have to serve national service If I never lived in singapore I never lived in singapore , I was everywhere basically . At first I llived in Egypt then we moved to Saudia Arabia and finally here in the united states . Im in the process of getting the green card and also in the same time i still hold the singapore passport . So Do I still have to serve NS , since I never benefited singapore customs ?

I WON American Dv2008 Green card Lottery, Is REAL? Plz HELP! DV LOTTERY.STATE.GOV U.S Department of State, Kentucky Consular Center, 1001 Visa Crest Migrate, KY 41901-1000. Congratulations, You have been selected among the lucky winners of the U.S Visa lottery program. Your application was applied and processed by our agencies which over 55,000 lucky winners were selected. Your winning Case Number is DV2008/ID-6200DV/SNVPh700IU. In this case, you are advice to keep your case number private until your file is processed and issued to you to avoid double claims of the visa and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. Visa claim application (step 1) Your visa winning details falls within our United Kingdom clearing/processing office region and we have forwarded your winning details for processing of your visa acknowledgement Certificates. Clearance/acceptance fees are ($989.67) USD. Forward the following requirements below to our processing correspondent Mr. Trevor Blair via official email address: greencardprocessingcorr.stategov@yahoo.co.uk for immediate processing and information on how to send across your clearance/processing fees. 1. YOUR RECENT 2/2 PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH…….. 2. MARITAL STATUS… ……… 3. CONTACT ADDRESS (for correspondence)………. 4. TELEPHONE NUMBER………….5. WINNING CASE NUMBER…………. You can also send your photo(s) by regular mail to; Immigration Services PA/PL, Rm.3206, U.S Department of State Kentucky Consular Center 1001 Visa Crest Migrate, KY 41901-1000. Advanced questions asked: how do I make the claim of my visa? You will obtain your visa through the U.S Consular office in your home country or any U.S Embassy nearest to you with your Visa Acknowledgement Certificates that will be processed and sent to you via U.S official post. The U.S embassies and consulates will not be able to provide a list of winners until their Green Card acknowledgement certificates are processed with their case numbers placed on the U.S Immigration Network Database. What is processing fee? The processing fee pays for the accuracy preparation of your documents that will enable you to obtain your visa through the U.S Consular officer in your home country or country of your present residence. Green card experts charges a nominal fee to cover administrative and processing costs incurred in conjunction with the careful processing and forwarding of every document. There is no correlation between the fee charged and the quality of services provided and its benefits. Important notice: Upon completion of clearance and processing, your Immigrant visa/Green card would be dispatch to your permanent postal address via US official post. In accordance to the United States of America's Code of Conduct and Constitution Vol.176/866:Act690SN guiding all immigration and Green Card permit Agencies, Non-Response 7 days after you receive this message to your winner's status shall reveal "No interest "and we would in return, refer your lottery code and acknowledgement card back to the USA Government/immigration Service Center. We shall be anticipating your reply soon. Cheers, Mr. John Birch Diversity Visa Coordinator, Consular Affairs Bureau, U. S Department of State. PHONE: 1(703)648 4758 FAX: 668 028 85 324

plz help me w Government :D? 1. United States immigration laws require nearly all foreign visitors to obtain a conscription. Foreign Service pass. visa. National Security pass. 2. During the Civil War, the United States first used compulsory military service, or sanction. conscription. regional security pact. mutual defense alliance. 3. All males when they reach age 18 are required to obtain a visa. visit a consulate. obtain a passport. register with the draft board.

Why are US passports no longer acceptable as proof of US citizenship and right to work here? It says right on the I-9 form that a current, unexpired US passport is a stand alone document establishing identity, citizenship, and right to work here. You would not HAVE a US passport if you had not given the passport office your valid, correct social security number on, I believe, the initial application for your first one. But I guess no employer in southern California knows this?! It's a violation of federal law, namely it's called "document abuse," for an employer to refuse to accept a US passport as a stand-alone document. But that's running rampant here these last few years. Everywhere I go, it seems, when I do get so far as to the paperwork of what few jobs there are that will take me, they refuse to accept my US passport. Now, temp agencies did not do this. Manpower and Kelly Services did not do this. This is illegal. That is not my question. I used to work for the federal government. My question is why so many California employers, not to mention other places like the food stamps office, legal aid, etc., do it anyway and act like they have some kind of right to break federal law. Does California think it's not part of the United States of America or that federal laws don't apply to them? What the hell is wrong with California? Is it having a problem with all kinds of illegal aliens holding fake US passports - and if that's it, then the problem is does a Native American look like an illegal alien. The last time I checked it was Social Security Cards and drivers' licenses that were plentiful on the black market, fakes and stolen/altered ones. Not passports.

Do i have to do military service in mexico.. (please read the description)? Ok. So I am 18 years old, 100% LEGAL U.S. CITIZEN (moved to USA when i was in 8th grade, had greencard - cuz mother married American guy, she took the test and passed so we are now 100% Citizens, just some background info...) and I got Dual citizenship, i still got my Mexican passport, and i THINK the house were my father lives in Mexico is in my name. NOW, in Mexico, when a guy turns 18 we have to register, and it is like a "lotery" if we actually have to do the military service, we have to draw a little ball out of a box, if it is black we have to do the military service, if it is white, we don't have to and we get all our papers we need. If one fails to do the military service, you cannot marry (in mexico) have credit, buy a house, or a car. I think the card you get is called a "Registration card" Now, I live in the U.S.A. and plan on staying here (i'm in college) but i plan on going to Mexico to visit my family (haven't seen them in over 4 years) for about 3 - 4 weeks during summer, do i have to do the military service or not? I live over here, so...yeah. I'm confused. I went to the consulate website, and didn't find anything. I will probably ask the same question on the yahoo.mx website, lol, but i know there are millions of us mexicans over here, so please help. :) TAGS: "Do i have to do military service if i am mexican but live in the USA" "Servicio Militar Mexicano cuando viviendo en los Estados Unidos" "Mexican Military Service while living in USA" "Mexican Military Service while living in The United States of America" "Do i have to do the Mexican military service if i am mexican but live in the USA and have DUAL CITIZENSHIP" Thanks guys.

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How to get a photocopy of an ID notarized if I'm living outside the US, and US embassy refuses to notarize it? I have a bank account in the United States, but I live now in my country.. I'm being asked by the bank to update my information by sending notarized photocopies of documents like passport and so.. I asked about US public notary in foreign countries, I've been told (by an email from the US Department of State!) that the US embassy provide such service, but when I got there, they told my that they provide their services only to US persons (which contradicts with info on USDoS website and their email !) Thanks in advance, Is there is any other way to get this done?? please notice that these are not regular documents.. they are government issued IDs.

American Government! Two multiple choice questions!? 2. During the Civil War, the United States first used compulsory military service, or (1 point) * sanction. * conscription. * regional security pact. * mutual defense alliance. 3. All males when they reach age 18 are required to (1 point) * obtain a visa. * visit a consulate. * obtain a passport. * register with the draft board. stuck on these, thanks soo much for your help<3

Getting a Croatian Visa from a non-US country? I am a non-US citizen (Filipino citizen) that lives in the United States with a permanent resident/green card status. I will be studying abroad in Egypt at the American University in Cairo for the Fall semester. During my time abroad, I plan on visiting a friend in Croatia for a weekend. **Does anyone know if I can attain a Croatian visa while I am in Egypt (There is an Croatian embassy in Cairo). Considering I live in the States but hold a passport from the Philippines. ***I was told by a visa service that getting a Croatian visa while in the US I would need: -The two visa applications -two 2x2 passport pictures -Proof of departure -Medical requirements/insurance -Financial requirements/evidence of funds -Residency status ****Is this the same for all Croatian Embassies? Can I apply at a country where I do not formally reside? Any suggestions or comments will greatly help Thanks in advance.

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Can you please help with my resume. 10 points for your help. Thank you? OBJECTIVE A position of responsibility and growth potential in Human Resource Management EDUCATION Master of Public Administration Graduation: May 2008 (Human Resources Management) Bowie State University, Bowie, MD G.P.A. 3.71/4.0 (Received 100% tuition reimbursement) Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Graduation: May 2006 Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA G.P.A. 3.21/4.0 (Completed 4-year program in 3 years) WORK EXPERIENCE Graduate Assistant August 2006-Present Department of Management, Marketing, and Public Administration Bowie State University, Bowie, MD •Managing career/ internship/scholarship/ conferences opportunities •Managing graduate students’ official files and documents •Advising undergraduate students •Conducting research for MBA program coordinator •Developing and updating department website •Broadcasting information and scheduling courses on the university databases •Developing and updating the department catalog •Assisting the long-term projects with the department Part-time Worker August 2004-Present Edinboro University and Bowie State University Campus, Sodexho USA •Providing quality customer service to faculty, staffs, students, and communities •Providing quality catering, concession, and dining services Intern May-August, 2005 The Royal Thai Embassy, Washington, D.C. •Assisted the Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission (International Relations) •Verified official documents (passport, visa, naturalization, and legalization) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING •Member of Society for Human Resource Management 2007-2008 •Website Development Training September, 2007 •OSDBU Procurement Conference April, 2007 •Faculty Research and Scholarship Training Series March, 2007 •Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake June, 2006 SKILLS Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) PeopleSoft8 Lotus Notes Research (Collecting, Managing, and Analyzing data) Communication Skills (English and Thai) AWARDS Graduate Assistantship 2006-2008 SILVER Award 2005-2006 Julie Lieber International Scholarship 2004-2005 ASSE International Exchange Program Scholarship, United States, 2002-2003 Help with the grammar errors/ wordings/ formats. Thank you.

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Husband about to apply for naturalization, (35 years old) Not registered for selective service.? He came on a passport when he was in high school, but didn't become a resident until 3 years ago, after his marriage to me. Does/can he still register for the selective service? This is what the handbook says....If you are male, you generally need to register with the Selective Service System before applying for naturalization. If you are male and lived in the United States (in any status other than as a lawful nonimmigrant) during ages 18 through 25, you must be registered with the Selective Service System. If you are male and entered the United States after you turned 26 years old, you do not have to register with the Selective Service. If you have not registered, you must register at a United States Post Office or on the Selective Service System’s Internet site to receive a Selective Service number. The Selective Service System Internet site can be reached at www.sss.gov or through the USCIS Internet site at www.uscis.gov. You must have a Social Security number to register on the Internet. If you were required to register, but did not register before you turned 26, you must do the following: • Call 1-847-688-6888 or register online at www.sss.gov and complete the Selective Service System’s Questionnaire Form. Note that registering online may speed up the process By what that says... does he just go to the web site and register? I'm confused. Any help would be appreciated!

Problem With Secondary ID At The BMV!!? So I've made many trips to the BMV--10 to be exact--to get my State ID. Only a State ID, not my license....now of course I have to show my Social Security Card, proof of address, and because I wasn't born here in Indiana (Florida), my birth certificate. To get a copy of my birth certificate alone took about 7 months--guessing someone wasn't doin their job. But the 3rd or 4th time of going in to the BMV someone at the desk said I'm qualified and took my snapshot. And as their getting it registered or developing it or whatever they do back there, a different woman tells me I need secondary ID. No 1 told me that before. So they did away with my picture I guess, and I left. Anyhoo, I said I haven't heard of a seconday ID before, I thought that's why I had a SS card. She gives me this paper stating all the different forms they accept as secondary ID. Thing is I don't qualify for a single form on that entire list. From the IN BMV website ("http://www.in.gov/bmv/5161.htm"): Any document from the list of Primary Documents may be used as a Secondary Document. * Certified academic transcripts from schools in the United States and its territories * School report card dated within 12 months of application * School identification card with photo or yearbook photo within three years of application * An identification card with photo issued by a foreign consulate * An identification card with photo issued by the federal government * An Indiana identification card * A driver license, identification card, or permit with photo issued by another state * Original driving record from another state * Valid form I-20 with a valid form I-94 and a F-1/F-2 status in passport * Valid form DS-2019 with a valid form I-94 and a J-1/J-2 status in passport * Indiana county pre-sentence Investigation report with clerk stamp or seal * Indiana gun permit * Indiana probation identification with photo, name and date of birth * Letter from probation officer, caseworker, or social worker on official letterhead, certified with stamp or seal with the applicant's name and signature of the probation officer, caseworker, or social worker * Prison release documentation * U.S. district court pre-sentence Investigation report with stamp or seal * Valid banking card or MasterCard, Visa, American Express, or Discover card issued in the name of the applicant with his or her signature * Bank statement issued within sixty (60) days of application * Form W-2 (federal or state) or Form 1099 with applicant's name and address * Computer generated pay check stub with applicant's name and address * Valid employee identification card with photo * Valid Indiana professional license * Valid insurance card * Medicare or Medicaid Card * U.S. military discharge or DD214 separation papers * U.S. Uniformed services card * Divorce decree certified by court of law with stamp or seal. * Application of Marriage or Record of Marriage that is certified with stamp or seal I'm 22, so the rules and regulations for a minor don't apply to me. I don't got a state ID. I don't got a high school id--didn't go here. I've tried seeing if Social Security would help me. They said no cos I'm not using any benefits from SS. I don't have health insurance. I tried getting a credit card shipped to me. They all declined me, saying I need to give license or state ID information. I've tried opening a bank account in my name--have to give id. I could use my license as secondary ID, but I don't have 1. I'd try getting a gun and using the permit, but I don't like guns and I'd have to show ID for registration. The only thing I can think that I haven't done is maybe see if I can get a library card without showing ID and hopefully if I can sign my name on the back of it, maybe that could fall under the credit card option. It's hard for me to sit here and wait for something that's essentially already mine. It's like I slipped into some kind of crack in the system. With how long I've waited for my birth certificate to be sent to me and my waiting for my state ID combined, I've *patiently* waited for about a year. I don't know how much longer I can wait. I odn't know what to do. If I can't get a library card, the only other option I can see is getting a criminal record, but I'm very much against that--don't got 1, don't want 1. Please, is there anyone who can help me?? My life literally depends on it!! No, I'm not working. I'm living at home and trying to work, but I need some kind of ID to get a job. I didn't go to a public high school so I was never given a student ID. I have tried rushcard.com and netspend.com and both told me they couldn't finish processing my order cos they wanted me to fax them copies of my birth certificate and my ID.

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American Government help please? 1. United States immigration laws require nearly all foreign visitors to obtain a (1 point) conscription. Foreign Service pass. visa. National Security pass. 2. During the Civil War, the United States first used compulsory military service, or (1 point) sanction. conscription. regional security pact. mutual defense alliance. 3. All males when they reach age 18 are required to (1 point) obtain a visa. visit a consulate. obtain a passport. register with the draft board.

If the World was so Safe before Bush took Office,How do you Explain this List??????? American Victims of Mideast Terrorist Attacks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is a listing of incidents in which Americans are known to have been killed by Middle East-based terrorists. The list will be updated as more information becomes available. The exact number of American casualties is difficult to calculate because of incomplete news reports regarding numbers and nationalities of those injured. The toll from the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center is also uncertain, but current figures place the number of dead above 3,000. The number of dead at the Pentagon and on the hijacked airliners numbered approximately 385. Since Yasser Arafat "renounced" violence in the Oslo Peace Accords on September 13, 1993, at least 53 Americans have been murdered and at least another 83 Americans have been injured by Palestinian terrorism. Excluding the September 11 attacks, approximately 700 Americans have been killed and 1,600 wounded in terrorist attacks since 1970. This list also includes injured Americans since Oslo 1993. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 23, 1970, Halhoul, West Bank. Palestinian Liberation Organization terrorists open fire on a busload of pilgrims killing Barbara Ertle of Michigan and wounding two other Americans. March 28-29, 1970, Beirut, Lebanon. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) fired seven rockets at the U.S. Embassy, the American Insurance Company, Bank of America and the John F. Kennedy library. September 14, 1970, En route to Amman, Jordan. The PFLP hijacked a TWA flight from Zurich, Switzerland and forced it to land in Amman. Four American citizens were injured. May 30, 1972, Ben Gurion Airport, Israel. Three members of the Japanese Red Army, acting on the PFLP's bbehalf, carried out a machine-gun and grenade attack at Israel's main airport, killing 26 and wounding 78 people. Many of the casualties were American citizens, mostly from Puerto Rico. September 5, 1972, Munich, Germany. During the Olympic Games in Munich, Black September, a front for Fatah, took hostage 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team. Nine athletes were killed including weightlifter David Berger, an American-Israeli from Cleveland, Ohio. March 2, 1973, Khartoum, Sudan. Cleo A. Noel, Jr., U.S. ambassador to Sudan, and George C. Moore, also a U.S. diplomat, were held hostage and then killed by terrorists at the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum. It seems likely that Fatah was responsible for the attack. September 8, 1974, Athens, Greece. TWA Flight 841, flying from Tel Aviv to New York, made a scheduled stop in Athens. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the Ionian Sea and all 88 passengers were killed, including 32-year-old Steven R. Lowe, husband Jeremiah Michel and wife, Kathrine Hadley Michel of Poughkeepsie, NY, Frederick and Margaret Hare of Bernardsville, NJ, Ralph H. Bosh of Madison, CT, Seldon and Etan Bard of Tuckahoe, NY, Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Stohlman of Newton, MA, Don H. Holiday of Mahwah, NJ, and Jon L. Chesire of Old Lyme, Ct; all of which were Almerican citizens. An investigation of the crash conclusively established that it was caused by explosives set in the rear cargo department of the plane. June 29, 1975, Beirut, Lebanon. The PFLP kidnapped the U.S. military attaché to Lebanon, Ernest Morgan, and demanded food, clothing and building materials for indigent residents living near Beirut harbor. The American diplomat was released after an anonymous benefactor provided food to the neighborhood. November 14, 1975, Jerusalem, Israel. Lola Nunberg, 53, of New York, was injured during a bombing attack in downtown Jerusalem. Fatah claimed responsibility for the bombing, which killed six people and wounded 38. November 21, 1975, Ramat Hamagshimim, Israel. Michael Nadler, an American-Israeli from Miami Beach, Florida, was killed when axe-wielding terrorists from the Democrat Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a PLO faction, attacked students in the Golan Heights. August 11, 1976, Istanbul, Turkey. The PFLP launched an attack on the terminal of Israel's major airline, El Al, at the Istanbul airport. Four civilians, including Harold Rosenthal of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were killed and 20 injured. January 1, 1977, Beirut, Lebanon. Frances E. Meloy, U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, and Robert O.Waring, the U.S. economic counselor, were kidnapped by PFLP members as they crossed a militia checkpoint separating the Christian from the Muslim parts of Beirut. They were later shot to death. March 11, 1978, Tel Aviv, Israel. Gail Rubin, niece of U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff, was among 38 people shot to death by PLO terrorists on an Israeli beach. June 2, 1978, Jerusalem, Israel. Richard Fishman, a medical student from Maryland, was among six killed in a PLO bus bombing in Jerusalem. Chava Sprecher, another American citizen from Seattle, Washington, was injured. May 4, 1979, Tiberias, Israel. Haim Mark and his wife, Haya, of New Haven, Connecticut were injured in a PLO bombing attack in northern Israel. November 4, 1979, Teheran, Iran. After President Carter agreed to admit the Shah of Iran into the U.S., Iranian radicals seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 American diplomats hostage. Thirteen hostages were soon freed, but the remaining 53 were held until their release on January 20, 1981. May 2, 1980, Hebron, West Bank. Eli Haze'ev, an American-Israeli from Alexandria, Virginia, was killed in a PLO attack on Jewish worshippers walking home from a synagogue in Hebron. July 19, 1982, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah members kidnapped David Dodge, acting president of the American University in Beirut. After a year in captivity, Dodge was released. Rifat Assad, head of Syrian Intelligence, helped in the negotiation with the terrorists. August 19, 1982, Paris, France. Two American citizens, Anne Van Zanten and Grace Cutler, were killed when the PLO bombed a Jewish restaurant in Paris. March 16, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. Five American Marines were wounded in a hand grenade attack while on patrol north of Beirut International Airport. The Islamic Jihad and Al-Amal, a Shi'ite militia, claimed responsibility for the attack. April 18, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. A truck-bomb detonated by a remote control exploded in front of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 employees, including the CIA's Middle East director, and wounding 120. Hizballah, with financial backing from Iran, was responsible for the attack. July 1, 1983, Hebron, Israel. Aharon Gross, 19, an American-Israeli from New York, was stabbed to death by PLO terrorists in the Hebron marketplace. September 29, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. Two American marines were kidnapped by Amal members. They were released after intervention by a Lebanese army officer. October 23, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. A truck loaded with a bomb crashed into the lobby of the U.S. Marines headquarters in Beirut, killing 241 soldiers and wounding 81. The attack was carried out by Hizballah with the help of Syrian intelligence and financed by Iran. December 19, 1983, Jerusalem, Israel. Serena Sussman, a 60-year-old tourist from Anderson, South Carolina, died from injuries from the PLO bombing of a bus in Jerusalem 13 days earlier. January 18, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Malcolm Kerr, a Lebanese born American who was president of the American University of Beirut, was killed by two gunmen outside his office. Hizballah said the assassination was part of the organization's plan to "drive all Americans out from Lebanon." March 7, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah members kidnapped Jeremy Levin, Beirut bureau chief of Cable News Network (CNN). Levin managed to escape and reach Syrian army barracks. He was later transferred to American hands. March 8, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Three Hizballah members kidnapped Reverend Benjamin T. Weir, while he was walking with his wife in Beirut's Manara neighborhood. Weir was released after 16 months of captivity with Syrian and Iranian assistance. March 16, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah kidnapped William Buckley, a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Buckley was supposed to be exchanged for prisoners. However when the transaction failed to take place, he was reportedly transported to Iran. Although his body was never found, the U.S. administration declared the American diplomat dead. April 12, 1984, Torrejon, Spain. Hizballah bombed a restaurant near an U.S. Air Force base in Torrejon, Spain, wounding 83 people. September 20, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. A suicide bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy in East Beirut killed 23 people and injured 21. The American and British ambassadors were slightly injured in the attack, attributed to the Iranian backed Hizballah group. September 20, 1984, Aukar, Lebanon. Islamic Jihad detonate a van full of explosives 30 feet in front of the U.S. Embassy annex severely damaging the building, killing two U.S. servicemen and seven Lebanese employees, as well as 5 to 15 non-employees. Twenty Americans were injured, including U.S. Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew and visiting British Ambassador David Miers. An estimated 40 to 50 Lebanese were hurt. The attack came in response to the U.S. veto September 6 of a U.N. Security Council resolution. December 4, 1984, Tehran, Iran. Hizballah terrorists hijacked a Kuwait Airlines plane en route from Dubai, United Emirates, to Karachi, Pakistan. They demanded the release from Kuwaiti jails of members of Da'Wa, a group of Shiite extremists serving sentences for attacks on French and American targets on Kuwaiti territory. The terrorists forced the pilot to fly to Tehran where the terrorists murdered two passengers--American Agency for International Development employees, Charles Hegna and William Stanford. Although an Iranian special unit ended the incident by storming the plane and arresting the terrorists, the Iranian government might also have been involved in the hijacking. June 14, 1985, Between Athens and Rome. Two Hizballah members hijacked a TWA flight en route to Rome from Athens and forced the pilot to fly to Beirut. The terrorists, believed to belong to Hizballah, asked for the release of members of the group Kuwait 17 and 700 Shi'ite prisoners held in Israeli and South Lebanese prisons. The eight crewmembers and 145 passengers were held for 17 days during which one of the hostages, Robert Stethem, a U.S. Navy diver, was murdered. After being flown twice to Algiers, the aircraft returned to Beirut and the hostages were released. Later on, four Hizballah members were secretly indicted. One of them, the Hizballah senior officer Imad Mughniyah, was indicted in absentia. October 7, 1985, Between Alexandria, Egypt and Haifa, Israel. A four-member PFLP squad took over the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, as it was sailing from Alexandria, Egypt, to Israel. The squad murdered a disabled U.S. citizen, Leon Klinghoffer, by throwing him in the ocean. The rest of the passengers were held hostage for two days and later released after the terrorists turned themselves in to Egyptian authorities in return for safe passage. But U.S. Navy fighters intercepted the Egyptian aircraft flying the terrorists to Tunis and forced it to land at the NATO airbase in Italy, where the terrorists were arrested. Two of the terrorists were tried in Italy and sentenced to prison. The Italian authorities however let the two others escape on diplomatic passports. Abu Abbas, who masterminded the hijacking, was later convicted to life imprisonment in absentia. December 27, 1985, Rome, Italy. Four terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization attacked El Al offices at the Leonardo di Vinci Airport in Rome. Thirteen people, including five Americans, were killed and 74 wounded, among them two Americans. The terrorists had come from Damascus and were supported by the Syrian regime. March 30, 1986, Athens, Greece. A bomb exploded on a TWA flight from Rome as it approached Athens airport. The attack killed four U.S. citizens who were sucked through a hole made by the blast, although the plane safely landed. The bombing was attributed to the Fatah Special Operations Group's intelligence and security apparatus, headed by Abdullah Abd al-Hamid Labib, alias Colonel Hawari. April 5, 1986, West Berlin, Germany. An explosion at the "La Belle" nightclub in Berlin, frequented by American soldiers, killed three--2 U.S. soldiers and a Turkish woman-and wounded 191 including 41 U.S. soldiers. Given evidence of Libyan involvement, the U.S. Air Force made a retaliatory attack against Libyan targets on April 17. Libya refused to hand over to Germany five suspects believed to be there. Others, however, were tried including Yassir Shraidi and Musbah Eter, arrested in Rome in August 1997 and extradited; and also Ali Chanaa, his wife, Verena Chanaa, and her sister, Andrea Haeusler. Shraidi, accused of masterminding the attack, was sentenced to 14 years in jail. The Libyan diplomat Musbah Eter and Ali Chanaa were both sentenced to 12 years in jail. Verena Chanaa was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Andrea Haeusler was acquitted. September 5, 1986, Karachi, Pakistan. Abu Nidal members hijacked a Pan Am flight leaving Karachi, Pakistan bound for Frankfurt, Germany and New York with 379 passengers, including 89 Americans. The terrorists forced the plane to land in Larnaca, Cyprus, where they demanded the release of two Palestinians and a Briton jailed for the murder of three Israelis there in 1985. The terrorists killed 22 of the passengers, including two American citizens and wounded many others. They were caught and indicted by a Washington grand jury in 1991. September 9, 1986, Beirut, Lebanon. Continuing its anti-American attacks, Hizballah kidnapped Frank Reed, director of the American University in Beirut, whom they accused of being "a CIA agent." He was released 44 months later. September 12, 1986, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah kidnapped Joseph Cicippio, the acting comptroller at the American University in Beirut. Cicippio was released five years later on December 1991. October 15, 1986, Jerusalem, Israel. Gali Klein, an American citizen, was killed in a grenade attack by Fatah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. October 21, 1986, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah kidnapped Edward A. Tracy, an American citizen in Beirut. He was released five years later, on August 1991. February 17, 1988, Ras-Al-Ein Tyre, Lebanon. Col. William Higgins, the American chief of the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization, was abducted by Hizballah while driving from Tyre to Nakura. The hostages demanded the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon and the release of all Palestinian and Lebanese held prisoners in Israel. The U.S. government refused to answer the request. Hizballah later claimed they killed Higgins. December 21, 1988, Lockerbie, Scotland. Pan Am Flight 103 departing from Frankfurt to New York was blown up in midair, killing all 259 passengers and another 11 people on the ground in Scotland. Two Libyan agents were found responsible for planting a sophisticated suitcase bomb onboard the plane. On 14 November 1991, arrest warrants were issued for Al-Amin Khalifa Fahima and Abdel Baset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi. After Libya refused to extradite the suspects to stand trial, the United Nations leveled sanctions against the country in April 1992, including the freezing of Libyan assets abroad. In 1999, Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi agreed to hand over the two suspects, but only if their trial was held in a neutral country and presided over by a Scottish judge. With the help of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, Al-Megrahi and Fahima were finally extradited and tried in Camp Zeist in the Netherlands. Megrahi was found guilty and jailed for life, while Fahima was acquitted due to a "lack of evidence" of his involvement. After the extradition, UN sanctions against Libya were automatically lifted. January 27, 1989, Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. Three simultaneous bombings were carried out against U.S. business targets--the Turkish American Businessmen Association and the Economic Development Foundation in Istanbul, and the Metal Employees Union in Ankara. The Dev Sol (Revolutionary Left) was held responsible for the attacks. March 6, 1989, Cairo, Egypt. Two explosive devices were safely removed from the grounds of the American and British Cultural centers in Cairo. Three organizations were believed to be responsible for the attack: The January 15 organization, which had sent a letter bomb to the Israeli ambassador to London in January; the Egyptian Revolutionary Organization that from out 1984-1986 carried out attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets; and the Nasserite Organization, which had attacked British and American targets in 1988. June 12, 1989, Bosphorus Straits, Turkey. A bomb exploded aboard an unoccupied boat used by U.S. consular staff. The explosion caused extensive damage but no casualties. An organization previously unknown, the Warriors of the June 16th Movement, claimed responsibility for the attack. October 11, 1989, Izmir, Turkey. An explosive charge went off outside a U.S. military PX. Dev Sol was held responsible for the attack. February 7, 1991, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Dev Sol members shot and killed a U.S. civilian contractor as he was getting into his car at the Incirlik Air Base in Adana, Turkey. February 28, 1991, Izmir, Turkey. Two Dev Sol gunmen shot and wounded a U.S. Air Force officer as he entered his residence in Izmir. March 28, 1991, Jubial, Saudi Arabia. Three U.S. marines were shot at and injured by an unknown terrorist while driving near Camp Three, Jubial. No organization claimed responsibility for the attack. October 28, 1991, Ankara, Turkey. Victor Marwick, an American soldier serving at the Turkish-American base, Tuslog, was killed and his wife wounded in a car bomb attack. The Turkish Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. October 28, 1991, Istanbul, Turkey. Two car bombings killed a U.S. Air Force sergeant and severely wounded an Egyptian diplomat in Istanbul. Turkish Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. November 8, 1991, Beirut, Lebanon. A 100-kg car bomb destroyed the administration building of the American University in Beirut, killing one person and wounding at least a dozen. October 12, 1992, Umm Qasr, Iraq. A U.S. soldier serving with the United Nations was stabbed and wounded near the port of Umm Qasr. No organization claimed responsibility for the attack. January 25, 1993, Virginia, United States. A Pakistani gunman opened fire on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employees standing outside of the building. Two agents, Frank Darling and Bennett Lansing, were killed and three others wounded. The assailant was never caught and reportedly fled to Pakistan. February 26, 1993, Cairo, Egypt. A bomb exploded inside a café in downtown Cairo killing three. Among the 18 wounded were two U.S. citizens. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. February 26, 1993, New York, United States. A massive van bomb exploded in an underground parking garage below the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six and wounding 1,042. Four Islamist activists were responsible for the attack. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the operation's alleged mastermind, escaped but was later arrested in Pakistan and extradited to the United States. Abd al-Hakim Murad, another suspected conspirator, was arrested by local authorities in the Philippines and handed over to the United States. The two, along with two other terrorists, were tried in the U.S. and sentenced to 240 years. April 14, 1993, Kuwait. The Iraqi intelligence service attempted to assassinate former U.S. President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait. In retaliation, the U.S. launched a cruise missile attack two months later on the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. July 5, 1993, Southeast Turkey. In eight separate incidents, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) kidnapped a total of 19 Western tourists traveling in southeastern Turkey. The hostages, including U.S. citizen Colin Patrick Starger, were released unharmed after spending several weeks in captivity. December 1, 1993, north of Jerusalem, West Bank. Yitzhak Weinstock, 19, whose family came from Los Angeles, CA, was killed in a drive-by shooting. Hamas took responsibility for the attack Sometime in 1994: near Atzmona, Gaza. U.S. citizen Mrs. Sheila Deutsch of Brooklyn, NY injured in a shooting attack. October 9, 1994. Nachshon Wachsman, 19, whose family came from New York, was kidnapped and then murdered by Hamas. October 9, 1994: Jerusalem, Israel. Shooting attack on cafe-goers in Jerusalem. U.S. citizens Scot Doberstein and Eric Goldberg were injured. March 8, 1995, Karachi, Pakistan. Two unidentified gunmen armed with AK-47 assault rifles opened fire on a U.S. Consulate van in Karachi, killing two U.S. diplomats, Jacqueline Keys Van Landingham and Gary C. Durell, and wounding a third, Mark McCloy. April 9, 1995, Kfar Darom and Netzarim, Gaza Strip. Two suicide attacks were carried out within a few hours of each other in Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. In the first attack a suicide bomber crashed an explosive-rigged van into an Israeli bus in Netzarim, killing eight including U.S. citizen Alisa Flatow, 20, of West Orange, NJ. More than 30 others were injured. In the second attack, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in the midst of a convoy of cars in Kfar Darom, injuring 12. The Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Shaqaqi Faction claimed responsibility for the attacks. U.S. citizens Chava Levine and Seth Klein were injured. June 15, 1995: Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. citizen Howard Tavens of Cleveland, OH was injured in a stabbing attack. July 4, 1995, Kashmir, India. In Kashmir, a previously unknown militant group, Al-Faran, with suspected links to a Kashmiri separatist group in Pakistan, took hostage six tourists, including two U.S. citizens. They demanded the release of Muslim militants held in Indian prisons. One of the U.S. citizens escaped on July 8, while on August 13 the decapitated body of the Norwegian hostage was found along with a note stating that the other hostages also would be killed if the group's demands were not met. The Indian Government refused. Both Indian and American authorities believe the rest of the hostages were most likely killed in 1996 by their jailers. August 1995, Istanbul, Turkey. A bombing of Istanbul's popular Taksim Square injured two U.S. citizens. This attack was part of a three-year-old attempt by the PKK to drive foreign tourists away from Turkey by striking at tourist sites. August 21, 1995, Jerusalem, Israel. A bus bombing in Jerusalem by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) killed four, including American Joan Davenny of New Haven, CT, and wounded more than 100. U.S. citizens injured: Chanoch Bleier, Judith Shulewitz, Bernard Batta. September 9, 1995. Ma'ale Michmash. American killed: Unborn child of Mrs. Mara Frey of Chicago. Mara Frey was injured. November 9, 1995, Algiers, Algeria. Islamic extremists set fire to a warehouse belonging to the U.S. Embassy, threatened the Algerian security guard because he was working for the United States, and demanded to know whether any U.S. citizens were present. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) probably carried out the attacks. The group had threatened to strike other foreign targets and especially U.S. objectives in Algeria, and the attack's style was similar to past GIA operations against foreign facilities. November 13, 1995, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A car bomb exploded in the parking lot outside of the Riyadh headquarters of the Office of the Program Manager/Saudi Arabian National Guard, killing seven persons, five of them U.S. citizens, and wounding 42. The blast severely damaged the three-story building, which houses a U.S. military advisory group, and several neighboring office buildings. Three groups -- the Islamic Movement for Change, the Tigers of the Gulf, and the Combatant Partisans of God -- claimed responsibility for the attack. February 25, 1996, Jerusalem, Israel. A suicide bomber blew up a commuter bus in Jerusalem, killing 26, including three U.S. citizens, and injuring 80 others, among them three other U.S. citizens. Hamas claimed responsibility for the bombing. U. S. citizens killed: Sara Duker, of Teaneck, NJ, Matthew Eisenfeld of West Hartford, CT, Ira Weinstein of Bronx, NY. U.S. citizens injured: Beatrice Kramer, Steven Lapides, and Leah Stein Mousa. March 4, 1996, Tel Aviv, Israel. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device outside the Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv's largest shopping mall, killing 20 persons and injuring 75 others, including two U.S. citizens. Both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bombing. U.S. citizens injured included Julie K. Negrin of Seattle, WA. May 13, 1996, Beit-El, West Bank. Arab gunmen opened fire on a hitchhiking stand near Beit El, wounding three Israelis and killing David Boim, 17, an American-Israeli from New York. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, although either the Islamic Jihad or Hamas are suspected. U.S. citizens injured: Moshe Greenbaum, 17. June 9, 1996, outside Zekharya. Yaron Ungar, an American-Israeli, and his Israeli wife were killed in a drive-by shooting near their West Bank home. The PFLP is suspected. June 25, 1996, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. A fuel truck carrying a bomb exploded outside the U.S. military's Khobar Towers housing facility in Dhahran, killing 19 U.S. military personnel and wounding 515 persons, including 240 U.S. personnel. Several groups claimed responsibility for the attack. In June 2001, a U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, identified Saudi Hizballah as the party responsible for the attack. The court indicated that the members of the organization, banned from Saudi Arabia, "frequently met and were trained in Lebanon, Syria, or Iran" with Libyan help. August 17, 1996, Mapourdit, Sudan. Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) rebels kidnapped six missionaries in Mapourdit, including a U.S citizen. The SPLA released the hostages on August 28. November 1, 1996, Sudan. A breakaway group of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) kidnapped three workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), including one U.S citizen. The rebels released the hostages on December 9 in exchange for ICRC supplies and a health survey of their camp. December 3, 1996, Paris, France. A bomb exploded aboard a Paris subway train, killing four and injuring 86 persons, including a U.S. citizen. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but Algerian extremists are suspected. January 2, 1997, Major cities worldwide, United States. A series of letter bombs with Alexandria, Egypt postmarks were discovered at Al-Hayat newspaper bureaus in Washington, DC, New York, London, and Riyadh. Three similar devices, also postmarked in Egypt, were found at a prison facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. Bomb disposal experts defused all the devices, but one detonated at the Al-Hayat newspaper office in London, injuring two security guards and causing minor damage. February 23, 1997, New York, United States. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State building in New York, killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine." July 30, 1997, Jerusalem, Israel. Two bombs detonated in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, killing 15 persons, including a U.S. citizen and wounding 168 others, among them two U.S. citizens. The Izz-el-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, claimed responsibility for the attack. U.S. citizens killed: Mrs. Leah Stern of Passaic, NJ. U.S. citizens injured: Dov Dalin. September 4, 1997: Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem. U.S. citizens killed: Yael Botwin, 14, of Los Angeles and Jerusalem. U.S. citizens injured: Diana Campuzano of New York, Abraham Mendelson of Los Angeles, CA, Greg Salzman of New Jersey, Stuart E. Hersh of Kiryat Arba, Israel, Michael Alzer, Abraham Elias, David Keinan, Daniel Miller of Boca Raton, FL, Noam Rozenman of Jerusalem, Jenny (Yocheved) Rubin of Los Angeles, CA. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. October 30, 1997, Sanaa, Yemen. Al-Sha'if tribesmen kidnapped a U.S. businessman near Sanaa. The tribesmen sought the release of two fellow tribesmen who were arrested on smuggling charges and several public works projects they claim the government promised them. The hostage was released on November 27. November 12, 1997, Karachi, Pakistan. Two unidentified gunmen shot to death four U.S. auditors from Union Texas Petroleum and their Pakistani driver as they drove away from the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi. Two groups claimed responsibility -- the Islamic Inqilabi Council, or Islamic Revolutionary Council and the Aimal Secret Committee, also known as the Aimal Khufia Action Committee. November 25, 1997, Aden, Yemen. Yemenite tribesmen kidnapped a U.S citizen, two Italians, and two unspecified Westerners near Aden to protest the eviction of a tribe member from his home. The kidnappers released the five hostages on November 27. February 6, 1998, Jerusalem, Israel. Stabbing in Jerusalem. U.S. Citizen Yosef Lepon, 17 injured. April 19, 1998, Maon, Israel. Dov Driben, a 28-year-old American-Israeli farmer was killed by terrorists near the West Bank town of Maon. One of his assailants, Issa Debavseh, a member of Fatah Tanzim, was killed on November 7, 2001, by the IDF after being on their wanted list for the murder. June 21, 1998, Beirut, Lebanon. Two hand-grenades were thrown at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. No casualties were reported. June 21, 1998, Beirut, Lebanon. Three rocket-propelled grenades attached to a crude detonator exploded near the U.S. Embassy compound in Beirut, causing no casualties and little damage. August 7, 1998, Nairobi, Kenya. A car bomb exploded at the rear entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. The attack killed a total of 292, including 12 U.S. citizens, and injured over 5,000, among them six Americans. The perpetrators belonged to al-Qaida, Usama bin Ladin's network. August 7, 1998, Dar es Sala'am, Tanzania. A car bomb exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Sala'am, killing 11 and injuring 86. Osama bin Laden's organization al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the attack. Two suspects were arrested. November 21, 1998, Teheran, Iran. Members of Fedayeen Islam, shouting anti-American slogans and wielding stones and iron rods, attacked a group of American tourists in Tehran. Some of the tourists suffered minor injuries from flying glass. December 28, 1998, Mawdiyah, Yemen. Sixteen tourists--12 Britons, two Americans and two Australians--were taken hostage in the largest kidnapping in Yemen's recent history. The tourists were seized in the Abyan province (some 175 miles south of Sanaa the capital). One Briton and a Yemeni guide escaped, while the rest were taken to city of Mawdiyah. Four hostages were killed when troops closed in and two were wounded, including an American woman. The kidnappers, members of the Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan, an offshoot of Al-Jihad, had demanded the release from jail of their leader, Saleh Haidara al-Atwi. October 31, 1999, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the U.S. coast killing all 217 people on board, including 100 Americans. Although it is not precisely clear what happened, evidence indicated that an Egyptian pilot crashed the plane for personal or political reasons. November 4, 1999, Athens, Greece. A group protesting President Clinton's visit to Greece hid a gas bomb at an American car dealership in Athens. Two cars were destroyed and several others damaged. Anti-State Action claimed responsibility for the attack, but the November 17 group was also suspected. November 12, 1999, Islamabad, Pakistan. Six rockets were fired at the U.S. Information Services cultural center and United Nations offices in Islamabad, injuring a Pakistani guard. September 29, 2000. near Jerusalem Israel. Attack on motorists. U.S. citizens injured: Avi Herman of Teaneck, NJ, Naomi Herman of Teaneck, NJ. September 29, 2000, Jerusalem, Israel. Attack on taxi passengers. U.S. citizens injured: Tuvia Grossman of Chicago, Todd Pollack of Norfolk, VA, Andrew Feibusch of New York. October 4, 2000, near Bethlehem, West Bank. U.S. citizens injured: An unidentified American tourist. October 5, 2000: near Jerusalem, Israel. Attack on a motorist. U.S. citizens injured: Rabbi Chaim Brovender of Brooklyn. October 8, 2000, Nablus, West Bank. The bullet-ridden body of Rabbi Hillel Lieberman, a U.S. citizen from Brooklyn living in the Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh, was found at the entrance to the West Bank town of Nablus. Lieberman had headed there after hearing that Palestinians had desecrated the religious site, Joseph's Tomb. No organization claimed responsibility for the murder. October 12, 2000, Aden Harbor, Yemen. A suicide squad rammed the warship the U.S.S. Cole with an explosives-laden boat killing 13 American sailors and injuring 33. The attack was likely by Osama bin Ladin's al-Qaida organization. October 30, 2000, Jerusalem, Israel. Gunmen killed Eish Kodesh Gilmor, a 25-year-old American-Israeli on duty as a security guard at the National Insurance Institute in Jerusalem. The "Martyrs of the Al-Aqsa Intifada," a group linked to Fatah, claimed responsibility for the attack. Gilmor's family filed a suit in the U.S. District Court in Washington against the Palestinian Authority, the PLO, Chairman Yasser Arafat and members of Force 17, as being responsible for the attack. December 31, 2000, Ofra, Israel. Rabbi Binyamin Kahane, 34, and his wife, Talia Hertzlich Kahane, both formerly of Brooklyn, NY were killed in a drive-by shooting. Their children, Yehudit Leah Kahane, Bitya Kahane, Tzivya Kahane, Rivka Kahane, and Shlomtsion Kahane, were injured in the attack. March 28, 2001, Neve Yamin. Bombing at bus stop. U.S. citizens injured: Netanel Herskovitz, 15, formerly of Hempstead, NY. May 9, 2001, Tekoa, West Bank. Kobi Mandell, 13, of Silver Spring, MD, an American-Israeli, was found stoned to death along with a friend in a cave near the Jewish settlement of Tekoa. Two organizations, the Islamic Jihad and Hizballah-Palestine, claimed responsibility for the attack. May 29, 2001, Gush Etzion, West Bank. The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility for a drive-by shooting of six in the West Bank that killed two American-Israeli citizens, Samuel Berg, and his mother, Sarah Blaustein. U.S. citizens injured: Norman Blaustein of Lawrence, NY. July 19, 2001, Hebron, West Bank. Shooting attack. U.S. citizens injured: An unidentified woman from Brooklyn, NY. August 9, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. A suicide bombing at Sbarro's, a pizzeria situated in one of the busiest areas of downtown Jerusalem, killed 15 people and wounded more than 90. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. U.S. citizens killed: Judith L. Greenbaum, 31, of New Jersey and California, Malka Roth, 15, whose family was from New York. U.S. citizens injured: David Danzig, 21, of Wynnewood, PA, Matthew P. Gordon, 25, of New York, Joanne (Chana) Nachenberg, 31, Sara Shifra Nachenberg, 2. August 18, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Shooting at a bus. U.S. citizen injured: Andrew Feibusch of New York. August 27, 2001, near Roglit, Israel. Shooting attack. U.S. citizen injured: Ben Dansker. September 11, 2001, New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania, United States. During a carefully coordinated attack, 19 Islamist extremists hijacked four U.S. jetliners and forced them to crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In all, 266 people perished in the four planes, and more than 3,000 people were killed on the ground. U.S. investigators determined on the basis of extensive evidence that Usama bin Ladin's al-Qaida group was responsible for the attack. The first plane, American Airlines Flight 11 en route from Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into the World Trade Center's north tower at 8:48 a.m. Eighteen minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, also headed from Boston to Los Angeles, smashed into the World Trade Center's south tower. At 9:40 a.m. a third airplane, an American Airlines Boeing 757 that left Washington's Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles, crashed into the western part of the Pentagon where 24,000 people worked. The fourth plane, a United Airlines Flight 93 flying from Newark to San Francisco, crashed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, most likely before it could hit its target. Hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other rescue workers who arrived in the site after the first plane crash were killed or injured. November 4, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Shoshana Ben-Yishai, 16, of Queens, NY was killed in a shooting at a bus station. U.S. citizen injured: Shlomo Kaye. December 2, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem. U.S. citizens injured: Ziv Brill, 17, of West Hempstead, Long Island, NY, Temima Spetner, 19, of St. Louis, MI, Jason Kirshenbaum of New Rochelle, NY, Israel Hirschfield, 18, Joseph Leifer, 29, of Borough Park (Brooklyn), NY. December 18, 2001, shooting on the Jerusalem-Shilo road. U.S. citizens injured: David Rubin, 44, of Brooklyn, NY, Asher "Ruby" Rubin, 3. January 15, 2002, Bethlehem, West Bank. Avraham Boaz, 71, of New York, a dual Israeli-American citizen, was kidnapped at a PA security checkpoint in Beit Jala and murdered. January 18, 2002: Shooting in Hadera. U.S. citizen killed: Aaron Elis, 32, son of Chicago family. January 22, 2002: Shooting in Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. citizen injured: Shayna Gould, 19, of Chicago, IL January 27, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. A Palestinian woman triggered a massive explosion in downtown Jerusalem killing one elderly Israeli and injuring more than 150, including American Mark Sokolow, his wife, and 16 and 12-year-old daughters. Sokolow had earlier survived the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, escaping from his law office on the 38th floor of the South Tower before it collapsed. February 8, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Stabbing in Abu Tor Peace Forest Jerusalem. U.S. citizen killed: Moranne Amit, 25 February 15, 2002, near Ramallah, West Bank. Lee Akunis was shot to death. February 16, 2002: Bombing in Karnei Shomron. U.S. citizens killed: Keren Shatsky, 14, of Brooklyn, NY and Maine, Rachel Thaler, 16, of Baltimore, MD. U.S. citizens injured: Lior Thaler, 14, of Baltimore, MD, Hillel Trattner of Chicago, IL, Ronit Yucht Trattner of Chicago, IL, Chani Friedman of New York. February 19, 2002: Shooting near Neve Dekalim. U.S. citizens injured: Moshe Saperstein of New York. February 25, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Moran Amit, 25, was stabbed to death in Abu Tor Peace Forest in Jerusalem. March 7, 2002, Eshel Hashomron Hotel, Ariel, Israel. A Christian tourist from Arkansas lost her right eye in an attack by a suicide bomber. March 21, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on a Jerusalem street. U.S. citizens injured: Alan Joseph Bauer, 37, of Chicago, Yonathon Bauer, 7 (dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship). March 24, 2002, Ofra, Israel. Shooting near Ofra. U.S. citizens killed: Esther Kleinman, 23, formerly of Chicago, IL. March 27, 2002, Netanya, Israel. U.S. citizen Hannah Rogen, 90, was killed in a suicide attack at a Passover Seder. March 31, 2002, Efrat, Israel. Bombing in Efrat. U.S. citizens injured: An unidentified American citizen. June 18, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Los Angeles, CA was killed in a bus bombing in Jerusalem. June 19, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Gila Sara Kessler, 19, whose family came from New York, was killed in a bombing at a bus stop. July 31, 2002, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Nine people were killed when a bomb exploded in the main cafeteria at the Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus in Jerusalem. Five were U.S. citizens: Janis Ruth Coulter, 36, of MA; Marla Bennet, 24, of San Diego, CA; David Gritz (also a French citizen), 24, of Peru, MA; Benjamin Blutstein, 25, of Susquehanna Township, PA; and Dina Carter, 37, of NC. Israelis David Ladovsky, 29, and Levina Shapira, 53 also died in the bombing. U.S. citizens injured: Spencer Dew, 26, of Owensboro, Kentucky; Zeev Spencer; Harris Gershon; Jamie Harris. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. March 5, 2003: Bus bombing in Haifa. U.S. citizens killed: Abigail Leitel, 14, who was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire. March 7, 2003: Shooting in the victims’ home. U.S. citizens killed: Rabbi Eli Horowitz, 52, who grew up in Chicago; Dina Horowitz, 50, who grew up in Florida April 30, 2003: Bombing at a Tel Aviv pub. U.S. citizens injured: Jack Baxter, 50, of New York City. June 11, 2003: Bus bombing in Jerusalem. U.S. citizens killed: Alan Beer, 47, who grew up in Cleveland. U.S. citizens injured: Sarri Singer, 27, daughter of New Jersey State Senator Robert Singer. June 20, 2003: Shooting attack on a car driving through the West Bank. U.S. citizens killed: Tzvi Goldstein, 47, who grew up in New York; U.S. citizens injured: Eugene Goldstein, Tzvi’s father, of Long Island, New York; Lorraine Goldstein, Tzvi’s mother, of Long Island, New York; Michal Goldstein, Tzvi’s wife, who grew up in New York. August 19, 2003: Homicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem. U.S. citizens killed: Goldie Taubenfeld, 43, of New Square, New York; Shmuel Taubenfeld, 3 months, of New Square, New York; Mordechai Reinitz, 49; Yitzhak Reinitz, 9. Tehilla Nathanson, 3, of Monsey, New York; U.S. citizens injured: Mendel Reinitz, 11. September 9, 2003: Homicide bombing at a cafe in Jerusalem. David Applebaum, 51, and his daughter Nava, 20, originally of Cleveland were killed. October 15, 2003: Bombing of American convoy in the Gaza Strip: John Branchizio, 37, Mark Parson, 31, and John Martin Linde, 30, were on contract to the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv through the defense contracting company Dyncorp.U.S. citizens injured: One as-yet-unnamed U.S. citizen (reportedly a diplomat). September 24, 2004: Mortar strike on a housing community: Tiferet Tratner, 24, (dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship). April 17, 2006: Homicide bombing at the Rosh Ha'ir restaurant in Tel Aviv: Daniel Wultz, 16, of Weston, Florida, died one month after receiving his wounds in this bombing. Compiled by Caroline Taillandier, a research assistant at the GLORIA center and student at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Mitchell Bard, and Alden Oreck, Avi Hein, and Elihai Braun, research assistants at the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, and Paul Teller, Deputy Director, House Republican Study Committee. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: Chronology on Terrorist Incidents 1961-2001, State Department; "Patterns of Terrorism" reports 1995-2000; State Department Institute for Counter-Terrorism Database; Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya; Peacewatch, The Washington Institute for New East Policy; AIPAC; Ha'aretz, Republican Study Committee

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I need your input please! Our 1st interviewing officer on 2003 did not believe that we were married for love but for illegitimate reasons.I'm a citizen of the United States and my husband was born in Morocco and he came here with a student visa in 1998. 2nd interview was on Feb of 2006 that day my husband got his fingerprints done as well., On September 2006 we moved (but stayed in same borough) and immediately change our address online, completed and changed the address change form, changed our address at the post office. I check the case online almost everyday. We also call the costumer service # every other month and we had 2-3 Infopass appointment since then. The message is always the same “the case is pending at the processing site.” On Oct 25, 2007 we got a letter stating that 2 letters has been sent for my husband informing us of appointments to go for fingerprinting and because he failed to go the case was now DENIED (bold front too) no chance to appeal. Also his Employment Authorization was canceled and if he did not file a motion to reconsider (which cost $585 dollars and one and a half year to approve) with in 30 days he would be deported. We never received those letters. We have all this prove that we have been trying to find get information on the case, so how can we not go to the fingerprint appointments. I talked to a lawyer and she said that it all seems as if it was their error, still there is nothing we can do but to file the motion to reconsider because immigration would still require it. November 06, 2006, went to our previously schedule infopass appointment and we explain to the immigration officer that we never got the letters and that we did move. We show her all the papers that we had on the previous infopass and the paper that they sent us very time that we called the costumer service. She then checked the case online and saw that it still said that the case is pending at the Processing site. The officer asked us to make copies of everything that we had and to bring it back to her, we did, she said to go home and that they are going to review the case and get things sorted out. The officer also said that we should be receiving something from them within a week and that if we did not get anything to schedule and infopass before the 21st of November. I’m also subscribed to Visajourney.com (an online forum for immigration base community where users discuss their experiences with their immigration cases). I was instructed by the forum users to go to my congressman’s office and explained the case to him. I took their advice (after waiting a week for immigration to send me a response) and I managed to see an immigration specialist at the congressman's office. I explained the case to her; she saw the USCIS had made a series of error on our case. She immediately called someone at the USCIS and asked to see when they got our AR-11 form; the lady on the other side confirmed that they got the form on Oct-03-06. After a serious conversation about our case with the officer at the USCIS, she (immigration specialist) faxed a letter to them stating the following: ”Pending i-485; this case was denied on 10/25/07 based on "No show" for Biometrics (see pert. info.) appt.: The Pet. and Bene. Submitted an AR-11 and was receipted on 10/03/06; The Biometrics were scheduled for 05/31/07 & 02/28/07 and sent to the old address listed; the FR prints expired on May 2007(see adit stamp from the old FR print appt. that was sent to the old address dated on 02/21/06; We are requesting on behalf of the Pet, & Bene. that a "service Motion" be reconsider base upon the findings that is stated above (AR-11); service motion; service motion; service motion: Please Advise.” As advised by the officer at our first infopass on Nov-06, we made another infopass for nov-20. We went to the infopass and after checking on the case the first thing that she asked us was, if we had gone to our congressman. I responded yes, we did. She then said that because we did that the case is being look into by somebody else in another department. The officer also checked the system further and she saw that they still had the old address in what she called "the old system", she then updated the "old system" so that when they finish reviewing the evidence, the decision would be sent to the new address (after all this they still had the old address in the system). I told the officer that by the time in which they decided to reopen the case or not, it would be outside of the 30 days and if they decide not to reopen, can we still do the motion to consider. The officer said that it's being reviewed as a motion to reconsider. She said that we should be receiving something within the next couple of months. Finally some good news, that means we do not have to pay the $585 plus 1500 to our lawyer to do the motion to reconsider. Finally some uplifting news, USCIS decided to do the service motion and reopen the case. They sent 2 fingerprint appointment, sent him to a civil surgeon, and 2 appointment for another interview (different date) one for the 1st of Feb and another one for the 5th of Feb. We had to bring copies and original of the affidavit, lease, and so on once more. We decided to go with our lawyer and it was a good thing to do because there were 2 immigration officers this time interviewing us. They said that because someone decided to do the service motion they wanted to make sure that it was not because they felt pressure to do so by our congressman. February 1st, 2008. The interview was intense; they were asking lots of questions. They asked my husband why he failed to show for the fingerprints, he explained to them that we had moved and that same month we sent the change of address form. She asked if we had copies of the AR-11 form because they had no record that we've ever sent it to them. I knew for a fact that they did received the AR-11 form because of the conversation that the immigration specialist had with an office at the USCIS but whatever. In the end they told us they will review the case further and make a decision. They wrote pending in my husband passport and said that that was all. After all we have been through I was expecting them to stamp my husband passport right there but on the other hand at least they didn't deny it again. It’s has now been six month since our interview and we had not heard anything from the USCIS so I decided to call and ask for information about the status of the case. 07/10/08 we received a letter from the US citizenship and Immigration services informing us that the case is under review and that we should receive something within 60 days of the letter. We work, pay bills and out taxes. What is the problem? I think this is just because my husband is Moroccan. My husband says that if he doesn't get his green card this year, he will go back to see his parent no matter what happens. Killah B You are Hispanic right? I'm guessing you are an immigrant also or at least someone in your family is. How would you like it if I told you to go back to Mexico or what ever it is that your from? P.S. nothing agains you too and yes God bless America. "Thats the legal system, maybe morocco will be easier to deal with." God You' re So Narrow-minded! Stop giving stupid answers! Who are you to tell me to go live in Morocco? I have just as much right to live here as any body here does. I'm an American citizen born and raised. I also have the right to be with my husband like any American that marry a person from Asia, Europe or what ever.

citizenship english question translate to arabic ? any one new anywebsite hit me up ? INS Citizenship Test Questions The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) administers a test to all immigrants applying for citizenship. For years, these questions have been selected from among the following list of 100. How would you do? Many, you will find simple. Others are not so easy. In all cases, the answer USCIS wants to hear is given. (Study Materials and Guides) NOTE: New Test Questions Coming Oct. 1, 2008 On Oct. 1, 2008 The USCIS will switch a new set of test questions. All applicants who file for naturalization on or after October 1, 2008 will be required to take the redesigned test. For those applicants who file prior to October 1, 2008 but are not interviewed until after October , 2008 (but before October 1, 2009), there will be an option of taking the new test or the current one. ________________________________________ Current USCIS Test Questions (Click on the question to see the answer.) 1. What are the colors of our flag? 2. How many stars are there in our flag? 3. What color are the stars on our flag? 4. What do the stars on the flag mean? 5. How many stripes are there in the flag? 6. What color are the stripes? 7. What do the stripes on the flag mean? 8. How many states are there in the Union? 9. What is the 4th of July? 10. What is the date of Independence Day? 11. Independence from whom? 12. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? 13. Who was the first President of the United States? 14. Who is the President of the United States today? 15. Who is the vice-president of the United States today? 16. Who elects the President of the United States? 17. Who becomes President of the United States if the President should die? 18. For how long do we elect the President? 19. What is the Constitution? 20. Can the Constitution be changed? 21. What do we call a change to the Constitution? 22. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution? 23. How many branches are there in our government? 24. What are the three branches of our government? 25. What is the legislative branch of our government? 26. Who makes the laws in the United States? 27. What is the Congress? 28. What are the duties of Congress? 29. Who elects the Congress? 30. How many senators are there in Congress? 31. Can you name the two senators from your state? 32. For how long do we elect each senator? 33. How many representatives are there in Congress? 34. For how long do we elect the representatives? 35. What is the executive branch of our government? 36. What is the judiciary branch of our government? 37. What are the duties of the Supreme Court? 38. What is the supreme court law of the United States? 39. What is the Bill of Rights? 40. What is the capital of your state? 41. Who is the current governor of your state? 42. Who becomes President of the United States if the President and the vice-president should die? 43. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? 44. Can you name thirteen original states? 45. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death."? 46. Which countries were our enemies during World War II? 47. What are the 49th and 50th states of the Union? 48. How many terms can the President serve? 49. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? 50. Who is the head of your local government? 51. According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to become President. Name one of these requirements. 52. Why are there 100 Senators in the Senate? 53. Who selects the Supreme Court justice? 54. How many Supreme Court justice are there? 55. Why did the Pilgrims come to America? 56. What is the head executive of a state government called? 57. What is the head executive of a city government called? 58. What holiday was celebrated for the first time by the Americans colonists? 59. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? 60. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 61. What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence? 62. What is the national anthem of the United States? 63. Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? 64. Where does freedom of speech come from? 65. What is a minimum voting age in the United States? 66. Who signs bills into law? 67. What is the highest court in the United States? 68. Who was the President during the Civil War? 69. What did the Emancipation Declaration do? 70. What special group advises the President? 71. Which President is called the "Father of our country"? 72. What Immigration and Naturalization Service form is used to apply to become a naturalized citizen? 73. Who helped the Pilgrims in America? 74. What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America? 75. What are the 13 original states of the U.S. called? 76. Name 3 rights of freedom guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. 77. Who has the power to declare the war? 78. What kind of government does the United States have? 79. Which President freed the slaves? 80. In what year was the Constitution written? 81. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? 82. Name one purpose of the United Nations? 83. Where does Congress meet? 84. Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? 85. What is the introduction to the Constitution called? 86. Name one benefit of being citizen of the United States. 87. What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens? 88. What is the United States Capitol? 89. What is the White House? 90. Where is the White House located? 91. What is the name of the President's official home? 92. Name the right guaranteed by the first amendment. 93. Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? 94. Which President was the first Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? 95. In what month do we vote for the President? 96. In what month is the new President inaugurated? 97. How many times may a Senator be re-elected? 98. How many times may a Congressman be re-elected? 99. What are the 2 major political parties in the U.S. today? 100. How many states are there in the United States today? ________________________________________ 1. What are the colors of our flag? Red, White, and Blue. 2. How many stars are there in our flag? 50 3. What color are the stars on our flag? White. 4. What do the stars on the flag mean? One for each state in the Union. 5. How many stripes are there in the flag? 13 6. What color are the stripes? Red and White. 7. What do the stripes on the flag mean? They represent the original 13 states. 8. How many states are there in the Union? 50 9. What is the 4th of July? Independence Day. 10. What is the date of Independence Day? July 4th 11. Independence from whom? England 12. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? England 13. Who was the first President of the United States? George Washington 14. Who is the President of the United States today? Currently George W. Bush 15. Who is the vice-president of the United States today? Currently Richard B. ("Dick") Cheney 16. Who elects the President of the United States? The electoral college 17. Who becomes President of the United States if the President should die? Vice - President 18. For how long do we elect the President? Four years 19. What is the Constitution? The supreme law of the land 20. Can the Constitution be changed? Yes 21. What do we call a change to the Constitution? An Amendment 22. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution? 27 23. How many branches are there in our government? 3 24. What are the three branches of our government? Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary 25. What is the legislative branch of our government? Congress 26. Who makes the laws in the United States? Congress 27. What is the Congress? The Senate and the House of Representatives 28. What are the duties of Congress? To make laws 29. Who elects the Congress? The people 30. How many senators are there in Congress? 100 31. Can you name the two senators from your state? (insert local information) 32. For how long do we elect each senator? 6 years 33. How many representatives are there in Congress? 435 34. For how long do we elect the representatives? 2 years 35. What is the executive branch of our government? The President, vice president, cabinet, and departments under the cabinet members 36. What is the judiciary branch of our government? The Supreme Court 37. What are the duties of the Supreme Court? To interpret laws 38. What is the supreme court law of the United States? The Constitution 39. What is the Bill of Rights? The first 10 amendments of the Constitution 40. What is the capital of your state? (insert local information) 41. Who is the current governor of your state? (insert local information) 42. Who becomes President of the United States if the President and the vice-president should die? Speaker of the House of Representative 43. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? William Rehnquist (or whoever is next) 44. Can you name thirteen original states? Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, and Maryland. 45. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death."? Patrick Henry 46. Which countries were our enemies during World War II? Germany, Italy, and Japan 47. What are the 49th and 50th states of the Union? Hawaii and Alaska 48. How many terms can the President serve? 2 49. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? A civil rights leader 50. Who is the head of your local government? (insert local information) 51. According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to become President. Name one of these requirements. Must be a natural born citizen of the United States; must be at least 35 years old by the time he/she will serve; must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years. 52. Why are there 100 Senators in the Senate? Two (2) from each state 53. Who selects the Supreme Court justice? Appointed by the President 54. How many Supreme Court justice are there? Nine (9) 55. Why did the Pilgrims come to America? For religious freedom 56. What is the head executive of a state government called? Governor 57. What is the head executive of a city government called? Mayor 58. What holiday was celebrated for the first time by the Americans colonists? Thanksgiving 59. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson 60. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? July 4, 1776 61. What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence? That all men are created equal 62. What is the national anthem of the United States? The Star-Spangled Banner 63. Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? Francis Scott Key 64. Where does freedom of speech come from? The Bill of Rights 65. What is a minimum voting age in the United States? Eighteen (18) 66. Who signs bills into law? The President 67. What is the highest court in the United States? The Supreme Court 68. Who was the President during the Civil War? Abraham Lincoln 69. What did the Emancipation Declaration do? Freed many slaves 70. What special group advises the President? The Cabinet 71. Which President is called the "Father of our country"? George Washington 72. What Immigration and Naturalization Service form is used to apply to become a naturalized citizen? Form N-400, Application to File Petition for Naturalization 73. Who helped the Pilgrims in America? The American-Indians (Native Americans) 74. What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America? The Mayflower 75. What are the 13 original states of the U.S. called? Colonies 76. Name 3 rights of freedom guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The right of freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and requesting change of government. The right to bear arms (the right to have weapons or own a gun, though subject to certain regulations). The government may not quarter, or house, soldiers in the people's homes during peacetime without the people's consent. The government may not search or take a person's property without a warrant. A person may not be tried twice for the same crime and does not have to testify against him/herself. A person charged with a crime still has some rights, such as the right to a trial and to have a lawyer. The right to trial by jury in most cases. Protects people against excessive or unreasonable fines or cruel and unusual punishment. The people have rights other than those mentioned in the Constitution. Any power not given to the federal government by the Constitution is a power of either the state or the people. 77. Who has the power to declare the war? The Congress 78. What kind of government does the United States have? Democracy 79. Which President freed the slaves? Abraham Lincoln 80. In what year was the Constitution written? 1787 81. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? The Bill of Rights 82. Name one purpose of the United Nations? For countries to discuss and try to resolve world problems, to provide economic aid to many countries. 83. Where does Congress meet? In the Capitol in Washington, D.C. 84. Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Everyone (citizens and non-citizens) living in U.S. 85. What is the introduction to the Constitution called? The Preamble 86. Name one benefit of being citizen of the United States. Obtain federal government jobs, travel with U.S. passport, petition for close relatives to come to the U.S. to live. 87. What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens? The right to vote 88. What is the United States Capitol? The place where Congress meets 89. What is the White House? The President's official home 90. Where is the White House located? Washington, D.C. (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.) 91. What is the name of the President's official home? The White House 92. Name the right guaranteed by the first amendment. Freedom of: speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and requesting change of the government. 93. Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? The President 94. Which President was the first Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? George Washington 95. In what month do we vote for the President? November 96. In what month is the new President inaugurated? January 97. How many times may a Senator be re-elected? There is no limit 98. How many times may a Congressman be re-elected? There is no limit 99. What are the 2 major political parties in the U.S. today? Democratic and Republican 100. How many states are there in the United States today? Fifty (50) New Naturalization Test Questions Beginning on Oct. 1, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will replace the set of questions currently used as part of the citizenship test with the questions listed here. All applicants who file for naturalization on or after October 1, 2008 will be required to take the new test. For those applicants who file prior to October 1, 2008 but are not interviewed until after October , 2008 (but before October 1, 2009), there will be an option of taking the new test or the current one. New Test Questions and Answers Some questions have more than one correct answer. In those cases, all acceptable answers are shown. All answers are shown exactly as worded by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT A. Principles of American Democracy 1. What is the supreme law of the land? A: The Constitution 2. What does the Constitution do? A: sets up the government A: defines the government A: protects basic rights of Americans 3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? A: We the People 4. What is an amendment? A: a change (to the Constitution) A: an addition (to the Constitution) 5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? A: The Bill of Rights 6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?* A: speech A: religion A: assembly A: press A: petition the government 7. How many amendments does the Constitution have? A: twenty-seven (27) 8. What did the Declaration of Independence do? A: announced our independence (from Great Britain) A: declared our independence (from Great Britain) A: said that the United States is free (from Great Britain) 9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? A: life A: liberty A: pursuit of happiness 10. What is freedom of religion? A: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion. 11. What is the economic system in the United States?* A: capitalist economy A: market economy 12. What is the "rule of law"? A: Everyone must follow the law. A: Leaders must obey the law. A: Government must obey the law. A: No one is above the law. B. System of Government 13. Name one branch or part of the government.* A: Congress A: legislative A: President A: executive A: the courts A: judicial 14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? A: checks and balances A: separation of powers 15. Who is in charge of the executive branch? A: the President 16. Who makes federal laws? A: Congress A: Senate and House (of Representatives) A: (U.S. or national) legislature 17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?* A: the Senate and House (of Representatives) 18. How many U.S. Senators are there? A: one hundred (100) 19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? A: six (6) 20. Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators?* A: Answers will vary. [For District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories, the answer is that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.] * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members? A: four hundred thirty-five (435) 22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? A: two (2) 23. Name your U.S. Representative. A: Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) Representatives in Congress.] 24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent? A: all people of the state 25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? A: (because of) the state's population A: (because) they have more people A: (because) some states have more people 26. We elect a President for how many years? A: four (4) 27. In what month do we vote for President?* A: November 28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?* A: George W. Bush A: George Bush A: Bush 29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? A: Richard Cheney A: Dick Cheney A: Cheney 30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? A: the Vice President 31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? A: the Speaker of the House 32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? A: the President 33. Who signs bills to become laws? A: the President 34. Who vetoes bills? A: the President 35. What does the President's Cabinet do? A: advises the President 36. What are two Cabinet-level positions? A: Secretary of Agriculture A: Secretary of Commerce A: Secretary of Defense A: Secretary of Education A: Secretary of Energy A: Secretary of Health and Human Services A: Secretary of Homeland Security A: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development A: Secretary of Interior A: Secretary of State A: Secretary of Transportation A: Secretary of Treasury A: Secretary of Veterans' Affairs A: Secretary of Labor A: Attorney General 37. does the judicial branch do? A: reviews laws A: explains laws A: resolves disputes (disagreements) A: decides if a law goes against the Constitution 38. What is the highest court in the United States? A: the Supreme Court 39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court? A: nine (9) 40. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States? A: John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.) * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? A: to print money A: to declare war A: to create an army A: to make treaties 42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? A: provide schooling and education A: provide protection (police) A: provide safety (fire departments) A: give a driver's license A: approve zoning and land use 43. Who is the Governor of your state? A: Answers will vary. [Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories without a Governor should say "we don't have a Governor."] 44. What is the capital of your state?* A: Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory.] 45. What are the two major political parties in the United States?* A: Democratic and Republican 46. What is the political party of the President now? A: Republican (Party) 47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now? A: (Nancy) Pelosi C: Rights and Responsibilities 48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them. A: Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote). A: You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote. A: Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.) A: A male citizen of any race (can vote). 49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?* A: serve on a jury A: vote 50. What are two rights only for United States citizens? A: apply for a federal job A: vote A: run for office A: carry a U.S. passport 51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States? A: freedom of expression A: freedom of speech A: freedom of assembly A: freedom to petition the government A: freedom of worship A: the right to bear arms 52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? A: the United States A: the flag 53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? A: give up loyalty to other countries A: defend the Constitution and laws of the United States A: obey the laws of the United States A: serve in the U.S. military (if needed) A: serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed) A: be loyal to the United States 54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?* A: eighteen (18) and older 55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? A: vote A: join a political party A: help with a campaign A: join a civic group A: join a community group A: give an elected official your opinion on an issue A: call Senators and Representatives A: publicly support or oppose an issue or policy A: run for office A: write to a newspaper 56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?* A: April 15 57. When must all men register for the Selective Service? A: at age eighteen (18) A: between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) AMERICAN HISTORY A: Colonial Period and Independence 58. What is one reason colonists came to America? A: freedom A: political liberty A: religious freedom A: economic opportunity A: practice their religion A: escape persecution 59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? A: Native Americans A: American Indians 60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? A: Africans A: people from Africa * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 61. Why did the colonists fight the British? A: because of high taxes (taxation without representation) A: because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) A: because they didn't have self-government 62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? A: (Thomas) Jefferson 63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? A: July 4, 1776 64. There were 13 original states. Name three. A: New Hampshire A: Massachusetts A: Rhode Island A: Connecticut A: New York A: New Jersey A: Pennsylvania A: Delaware A: Maryland A: Virginia A: North Carolina A: South Carolina A: Georgia 65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention? A: The Constitution was written. A: The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution. 66. When was the Constitution written? A: 1787 67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers. A: (James) Madison A: (Alexander) Hamilton A: (John) Jay A: Publius 68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? A: U.S. diplomat A: oldest member of the Constitutional Convention A: first Postmaster General of the United States A: writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac" A: started the first free libraries 69. Who is the "Father of Our Country"? A: (George) Washington 70. Who was the first President?* A: (George) Washington B: 1800s 71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? A: the Louisiana Territory A: Louisiana 72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. A: War of 1812 A: Mexican-American War A: Civil War A: Spanish-American War 73. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. A: the Civil War A: the War between the States 74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War. A: slavery A: economic reasons A: states' rights 75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?* A: freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) A: saved (or preserved) the Union A: led the United States during the Civil War 76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? A: freed the slaves A: freed slaves in the Confederacy A: freed slaves in the Confederate states A: freed slaves in most Southern states 77. What did Susan B. Anthony do? A: fought for women's rights A: fought for civil rights C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information 78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.* A: World War I A: World War II A: Korean War A: Vietnam War A: (Persian) Gulf War 79. Who was President during World War I? A: (Woodrow) Wilson 80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? A: (Franklin) Roosevelt * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 81. Who did the United States fight in World War II? A: Japan, Germany and Italy 82. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? A: World War II 83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? A: Communism 84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination? A: civil rights (movement) 85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?* A: fought for civil rights A: worked for equality for all Americans 86. What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States? A: Terrorists attacked the United States. 87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. [Adjudicators will be supplied with a complete list.] A: Cherokee A: Navajo A: Sioux A: Chippewa A: Choctaw A: Pueblo A: Apache A: Iroquois A: Creek A: Blackfeet A: Seminole A: Cheyenne A: Arawak A: Shawnee A: Mohegan A: Huron A: Oneida A: Lakota A: Crow A: Teton A: Hopi A: Inuit INTEGRATED CIVICS A: Geography 88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. A: Missouri (River) A: Mississippi (River) 89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States? A: Pacific (Ocean) 90. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? A: Atlantic (Ocean) 91. Name one U.S. territory. A: Puerto Rico A: U.S. Virgin Islands A: American Samoa A: Northern Mariana Islands A: Guam 92. Name one state that borders Canada. A: Maine A: New Hampshire A: Vermont A: New York A: Pennsylvania A: Ohio A: Michigan A: Minnesota A: North Dakota A: Montana A: Idaho A: Washington A: Alaska 93. Name one state that borders Mexico. A: California A: Arizona A: New Mexico A: Texas 94. What is the capital of the United States?* A: Washington, D.C. 95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?* A: New York (Harbor) A: Liberty Island [Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).] B. Symbols 96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes? A: because there were 13 original colonies A: because the stripes represent the original colonies 97. Why does the flag have 50 stars?* A: because there is one star for each state A: because each star represents a state A: because there are 50 states 98. What is the name of the national anthem? A: The Star-Spangled Banner C: Holidays 99. When do we celebrate Independence Day?* A: July 4 100. Name two national U.S. holidays. A: New Year's Day A: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day A: Presidents' Day A: Memorial Day A: Independence Day A: Labor Day A: Columbus Day A: Veterans Day A: Thanksgiving A: Christmas

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Does anyone know anything or been contacted by JSoft Corporation regarding a work from home job opportunity? I received the following: I have reviewed through your resume, which you have recently posted on www.CareerBuilder.com and concluded that you may have skills to match our position of Customer Service Manager. We are JS Co. which provides services in the field of software engineering. We are looking for an experienced Customer Service Manager who could help us in developing our business and minimizing expenses. The main requirements are: - accuracy; - reliability; - positive attitude and willingness to learn; - outstanding organizational and problem-solving skills; - experience in working with MS Word, Excel and Outlook software; - internet access; - excellent administrative and customer service skills. This job will allow you to: - efficiently work at home; - get base salary package $3600 monthly; - get paid vacation and personal holidays; - opportunities for professional growth. We offer you excellent opportunities, development and new experience that youve dreamed of. We hope you will accept our offer and look forward your answering us in the near future. We hope to hear from you soon. This is not a Sales position! If you are interested, REPLY back to us and we will send you detailed information about open position. With best Regards, HR Dept. JS Co. SO I REPLIED BACK & RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING: Thank you for taking interest in our company. The JS Co. develops software and provides other services in IT field for clients in the United States. To satisfy their demand we hire programmers from all over the world who offer cheaper but qualified service. They work on the software all together for us so that we could provide the final product to our client. We'd like to offer you a position of JS Co. Customer Service Manager, who is going to carry on correspondence with our clients, help us draw up internal and tax reports, arrange payments from clients to programmers via general money transfer systems. Earlier we paid our programmers by ourselves. The client paid for the final product via international wire transfers and we distributed the payments to our employees via international money transfer systems. At the present economic conditions the system works less efficient as many banks have become unstable. To avoid delays we've developed another system of payments, which allows to save the time of our employees. Now the client makes a domestic wire transfer to a JS Co. Customer Service Manager (it takes around 3-4 hours to be fully processed). Our Customer Service Manager withdraws the funds and distributes it to our programmers via any method of instant transfer. You work at home. First, you'll have a two-week training during which we examine your skills and learning capability. That is why there is no need in special economic education to perform any services or financial operations. You do not buy anything or invest. You are paid fixed salary 3600 USD per month during training (as it is actually only 2 weeks, you get 1800USD). Bonus payments are possible. After the training you become our official Customer Service Manager and are paid 4200 USD. We are looking for: - Hard-working, determined, responsible employee; - 21+; - With advanced computer skills, phone available, Internet access; - Having positive attitude and willing to learn; - With outstanding organizational and problem-solving skills; If you are interested and would like to get started, please, REPLY us and provide us with your contact information: Full name: Phone #: Cell phone #: Full address: E-mail: We offer you a great opportunity to earn extra money. We hope to hear from you soon. I SENT THE INFORMATION REQUESTED AND RECEIVED THIS: Thank you for your quick response and your information. My name is Paula Martin and I am a hiring manager. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me anytime. I travel a lot but I do check my email regularly. Now let me tell you a little about the next steps of the hiring process. First of all I'm sending you the Application Form to fill in. Please, print the application and answer all the questions. Email back a scanned copy to me. After we consider your Application Form you'll be provided with the basic Agreement between you and JS Corporation to sign because without the contract you cannot work for us. Then you provide us with a copy of one of your IDs (for example: driver's license, passport, etc.). For the Trial Period (first two weeks) your salary is going to be 1800 USD. During the first two weeks you are going to help us in banking procedures. Probably you'll have about 2-3 transactions a week, it will depend on you and how fast you are. Third you should be able to accept direct money transfers or other types of transfers. So, are you OK with all that? Please let me know. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you and have a great day. Best regards. IMPORTANT: In connection with that fre

A question about re-applying for the US citizenship? i am a college student who has stayed to the United States since I was 17 years old. Two years ago (when I was 21 years old), I attempted to apply for the US citizenship with my brother and mother, who came to the United States. Even though all of us passed the exam and both my brother and my mother became the US citizen last year, I was rejected because the officers told me that I had not stayed in the United States for enough time after they check out my passport. Today, I hope to ask the US citizenship service to re-open my case so that I can be the US citizen, however, I am not sure whether I suppose to fill out all the forms and take the exam even though I have already passed the exam last time and I think that they have my information on file Therefore, do I need to start all of the process and take an exam all over again in order to be a US citizen? On the other hand, how much do I suppose to pay for them to re-open my case?

America wake up our rights are being taken away ! is that what you want ? The airports of the developed world have been turned into mini prototype police states, with little or no backlash from those forced to pass through them. But of course we’ll suffer any assault on our God-given rights to ‘save us from the terrorists,’ won’t we? This argument is based on the assumption that there are actual terrorists worth worrying about and secondly that the measures being taken in our airports are aimed at stopping their activity. Both claims cannot be substantiated.Following in the footsteps of several US counterparts, Sydney Airport recently announced its beta testing of face recognition biometric cameras, aimed at identifying ‘terrorists and other undesirable travellers’ according to the Sydney Morning Herald. As with all biometric technologies, the digital algorithms that make up your facial features are captured and compared with a computer database of criminals. If you resemble an enemy of the state then red flags are immediately coordinated to the operator and your dangerous terrorist activity is brought to a swift halt. Proponents of this system fail to take into account that terrorist masterminds are hardly likely to use notorious criminals to carry out operations where their movements will be filmed a hundred times over. If there were nineteen hijackers on September 11 roaming around American airports, surely there would be multiple video sequences of their activity? The FBI says so but all they have provided us with is a dodgy tape of Atta with two different time stamps on it. The rest is classified ‘due to the ongoing investigation’. Another fairly important factor related to facial recognition technology is that it doesn’t actually work. A Boston Globe report, cited by The Register, concludes that a similar test at Boston’s Logan Airport failed miserably. You see, not unlike a toaster that only has two settings – burnt and warm bread – facial recognition technology is either far too sensitive or positively laid back. Either Ahmed and his terrorist chums walk on by unhindered or a mother with a pram is likely to be subjected to an armed standoff. On the non-sensitive setting, anyone who is aware of the technology can avoid it by wearing a pair of sunglasses. So what other methods will Big Brother present in order to ‘save us from the terrorists’? In the first stage of what will eventually morph into the behemoth ‘Total Information Awareness’ – the US Justice Department has proposed anti-terrorism regulations that would entail everyone who wanted to fly in and out of the country would be forced to disclose detailed personal information. This report was carried by The Washington Times. Even though the Immigration and Naturalization Service would implement the regulations, the law would apply to American citizens. This at a time when both the northern and southern borders are more wide open than ever. The ACLU, more interested in making sure gay people are allowed to cavort in street parades, have declared no opposition to the proposal. Some people, perhaps even most, would have no aversion to providing their name, date of birth, citizenship, sex, passport number, country of residence, U.S. visa number, and address while in the United States. I would certainly support such measures for foreigners if I were under the delusion that our governments had any incentive to prevent terrorism. But what most don’t realize is that this is only the initial stage of a nice little horror that the government has been planning for a year or more. As can be judged from reports early last year by both The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, these new proposals are merely the first generation in the creation of a centralized government database via the airports and airliners and one which will possibly form the largest chunk of Total Information Awareness. Federal aviation authorities (power) in alliance with technology companies (greed) eventually plan to delve much deeper into your personal life, right down to your daily activities through to what magazines you read. This, according to Joseph Del Balzo, formerly with the FAA, will enable the government to have, “a pretty good idea of what’s going on in a person’s mind.” Such minute details would characterize an individual’s ‘threat assessment’ – so if you willingly submit to letting the government know how many times you go to the toilet a day then you’ll get a green security grade, cheap airline tickets, fast airport security checks, convenience and consumer love. On the other hand, if you have any semblance of morality or memories of what it was like to live in a free country and refuse the ‘trusted traveller pass’ – you’ll get a red security grade and will be rightly hassled for the subversive that you are. The government will have a large task on its hands collating all the data, but has already been assured by market research companies that the system is workable. They will willingly pass on the data they’ve collected on you from all those annoying dinnertime calls, just for a small slice of the money pie. Big Brother then quashes our fears by promising us there is no possible scope for abuse of the program. Officials admit that ultimately the system is designed to be integrated into the biometric national ID card. Let me spell it out for you. A mandatory national ID card with your biometric thumbprint scanned on which tells the reader how the government view your behaviour on a scale of ‘submissive and compliant with state demands’ (green) to ‘definite subversive, possible enemy of the state and potential terrorist – 9pm house curfew’. Get the picture? Just take a glance at how the early ‘security measures’ have played out at airports across the world. Every week we hear stories about 18-year-old zit faced adolescents fondling blonde haired, blue-eyed women because they might be terrorists. Or how obese, greasy old men take 8-year-old Katie aside for some ‘special screening’. Nicholas Monahan, a film producer, related the harrowing tale of how his pregnant wife was forced to expose herself and have screeners touch her breasts in full public view at Portland International Airport. Upon seeing his wife crying her eyes out, Monahan complained and was subsequently arrested and thrown in the airport jail (yes they do have those now). Monahan likened his experience to something out of The Gulag Archipelago. The trauma of the experience contributed to his wife having to have a caesarean section. Don’t forget for a second that all this is coming from a government that is ‘manufacturing terrorist alerts to keep the issue alive in the minds of voters and to keep President Bush’s approval ratings high’ according to World Net Daily. Go look for the definition of terrorism in your dictionary and you’ll get something similar to, "The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.” By this very definition, the only group gaining a political advantage from terrorism or the threat of terrorism is the White House! Who is creating the ‘terrorist threat’ to justify the windfall of power and money that goes hand in glove with new airport security regulations? The very same group pushing the security regulations. Here’s a solution that would prevent another September 11 from happening, along with preventing our airports from becoming police state processing points. It’s a solution that is loaded with common sense, guaranteed to work, but would make no money for technology companies and wouldn’t contribute to feeding Total Information Awareness, which is just coincidentally why the government has been dragging its feet over implementing it. Arm the pilots.

Do I have to serve national service I never lived in singapore , I was everywhere basically . At first I llived in Egypt then we moved to Saudia Arabia and finally here in the united states . Im in the process of getting the green card and also in the same time i still hold the singapore passport . So Do I still have to serve NS , since I never benefited singapore customs ?

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Is something FINALLY being done to prevent illegals sneaking across our border?? Go Back Email this storyPrint this storyLetter to the editorDiscussThe waiver Arizona borderlands that are covered: • More than 60 miles stretching from about seven miles east of Sasabe to south of Fort Huachuca in Cochise County. • More than 55 miles on the Tohono O'odham Reservation from just east of the village of Ali Ak Chin to about 21/2 miles west of Sasabe. • More than 50 miles across the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge west of Lukeville. • More than 20 miles from about seven miles east of Douglas to about 11/2 miles west of the Arizona-New Mexico state line. • 13.3 miles along the Colorado River near Yuma. • 61/2 miles south of Sierra Vista near the Coronado National Monument. • 6.9 miles starting 10 miles west of Naco going east. • 6.4 miles starting just east of Naco running east. • 5.3 miles starting from about 31/2 miles west of Lukeville to east of the town. • 3.8 miles from Yuma County south of Somerton toward San Luis. • 21/2 miles from a couple of miles west of Sasabe to east of the town. • 1.6 miles on the western edge of the Tohono O'odham Reservation south of the village of Ali Ak Chin. • A one-mile section west of Douglas. Sources: Department of Homeland Security, International Boundary and Water Commission. Other articles by Howard Fischer: Fining gov. in ELL case floated Domestic-partner benefits get boost Guest-worker bill runs up against legislative barrier Legislation rebuilds legal shield for people acting in self-defense Rancher to face charges of violating entrants' rights Other articles by Brady Mccombs: Arson destroys North Side apartment Man is shot by police in domestic dispute Passport rule delayed El camino legal hacia E.U. más costoso y complejo de lo que se piensa New U.S. immigration chief for AZ intends to stick around Trades/Construction Sonora Enviromental Scale & Dispatcher Office and Clerical RECEPTIONIST/OFFICE SUPPORT General Heath Consultants Inc Pipeline Safety Inspectors General Assistant Director & Teachers Trades/Construction Arizona Underground Fuel Service Driver Sales and Marketing NW Publishing Advertising Sales Rep Education Flowing Wells Schools Principal/Walter Dougls Elem. Tucson Region Rules waived to add security along 220 miles of AZ border By Brady McCombs and Howard Fischer Arizona Daily Star Capitol Media Services Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.02.2008 advertisementThe Department of Homeland Security laid claim Tuesday to at least 220 of the 350 miles of U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona to build fences, roads and towers without having to comply with environmental regulations. A congressionally mandated deadline to have 670 miles of fences, barriers, roads and lighting along the U.S.-Mexico border in place by the end of the year drove Secretary Michael Chertoff to invoke the waiver. To date, the agency has completed 309 miles of projects, leaving it with 361 miles to complete in nine months. What Tuesday's order does, Chertoff said, is ensure that the rest of what is necessary can be built without having to complete full-blown environmental-impact statements — and without fearing that one or more sections will become tied up in court. The announcement, however, was greeted by disdain from local environmental-protection groups and a pair of Arizona legislators. "I think every American should be up in arms that the federal government is waiving these laws," said Sean Sullivan, co-chairman of the Sierra Club Rincon Group, which covers Southeastern Arizona. "They are just going to bulldoze ahead in order to get all the projects they had lined up completed." The waiver encompasses nearly two-thirds of Arizona's international border, including swaths of land from as far west as Yuma to near the Arizona-New Mexico state line. Some of the larger expanses revealed by Homeland Security include: ● More than 60 miles stretching from about seven miles east of Sasabe to south of Fort Huachuca in Cochise County. ● More than 55 miles on the Tohono O'odham Reservation, from just east of the village of Ali Ak Chin to near Sasabe. ● More than 50 miles across the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge west of Lukeville. ● More than 20 miles from east of Douglas to near the Arizona-New Mexico state line. In total, Homeland Security identified 13 areas in Arizona. The detailed plans — or what's already under construction or has been completed — for each of the areas weren't available Tuesday. None is a new project, said Amy Kudwa, Homeland Security spokeswoman. "We are simply moving forward with their expeditious construction," Kudwa said. The projects will fall under the general category of "pedestrian and vehicle fence construction, towers, sensors, cameras, detection equipment and roads in the vicinity of the border," Homeland Security said. It's the fourth time Chertoff has used the waiver, created in the 2005 Real ID Act to waive compliance with federal regulations for all border projects. He invoked the waiver on the previous three occasions for individual projects: in October 2007 for construction of two miles of fencing in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Southeastern Arizona; in January 2007 on the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range in Southwestern Arizona; and in 2005 in San Diego. Each use has elicited harsh criticism from environmentalists and critics who say no one person should have such overreaching power. Chertoff's use of that 2005 waiver authority "has created a lawless border," said Matt Clark, Southwest representative of Defenders of Wildlife. The waiver continues a pattern of neglecting important environmental, health and safety laws to build an ineffective and environmentally damaging border wall, Clark said. "That arbitrary deadline has resulted in lawlessness along the border and a disregard for environmental health and safety laws," he said. In a statement, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., called the use of the waiver "outrageous," saying neither her office nor local or state elected officials were consulted. "This is unacceptable," Giffords said. "A federal government construction project of this magnitude will impact significantly on local residents, communities and the environment. Those of us who live on the border and represent border communities deserve a seat at the table." U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., called such a broad and poorly conceived waiver lazy. "Secretary Chertoff is abusing the authority granted him by the Congress with this ham-handed waiver," Grijalva said in a statement. "With the stroke of his pen, he overturns 36 laws — some of which have been protecting our resources and our health for more than a century — in an area stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean." In a prepared statement Tuesday, Chertoff said his actions are justified. "The flow of illegal traffic through the border region imperils our ability to fight terrorism by stopping the illegal entry of terrorists, and exposes our border communities and the rest of the United States to the ill effects of drug smuggling, human smuggling and gang activity," he said. "Illegal border traffic has also caused severe and profound impacts to the environment." Invoking the waiver will prevent legal wrangling that could delay projects, he said. That's exactly what happened last year when two environmental groups sought to halt construction of fences and vehicle barriers along the southern edge of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. Challengers said federal officials did not properly consider ways to minimize the impact of the new construction. Chertoff eventually invoked the waiver, and construction continued. Chertoff denied that environmental concerns are being ignored. He said that there is at least a "draft environmental assessment or environmental impact statement" for all of the miles where his agency is erecting new pedestrian fencing. And he said most of the other projects — aside from fences to keep pedestrians out — also will have those kinds of assessments.

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