"... Portrait of the newest Americans, immigrants from all over the globe who are living all across the country, filled with their own voices."--

Two-hundred nineteen people from thirty-two different countries make their way to downtown New York in a snowstorm to be sworn in as citizens of the United States.

Sweeping reforms in immigration policy over the last decade have led to heightened public awareness of this controversial issue. Inside the State takes the reader behind the scenes inside the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) - one of the most secretive agencies in the federal government, and one which wields enormous discretionary power. Kitty Calavita documents the internal decision-making processes of the INS that have shaped U.S....

Presents one hundred questions from the test on United Stated history and civics required of would-be United States citizens, providing background facts and stories on the answers, and includes lists of senators, representatives, governors, and state capitals, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and amendments, and the Emancipation Proclamation.