03 Prepare for an Immigration Consultation Appointment

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This summer, CASAS updated  COAAP 19.1 Immigrant Rights to include a role-play consultation meeting with a immigration lawyer.  For the next 10 days, I will post one consultation meeting practice dialogue.  

• 01 Prepare for an Immigration Consultation Appointment
• 02 Prepare for an Immigration Consultation Appointment
• 03 Prepare for an Immigration Consultation Appointment

On August 30, the CATESOL Refugees Concerns Interest Group with hold an online KYR Coffee Chat during which they will discuss all the new KYR and CASAS COAAP 19 resources.  Join us! 

For further RC-IG info, watch these two webinars from CATESOL Refugee Concerns Interest Group

• 4/25/2025 KYR Teaching Tools for the Classroom (RC-IG) google slides | webinar recording
• 2/28/2025 Top Immigration Resources for ESL Teachers (RC-IG)

02 Prepare for an Immigration Consultation Appointment

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This summer, CASAS updated  COAAP 19.1 Immigrant Rights to include a role-play consultation meeting with a immigration lawyer.  For the next 10 days, I will post one consultation meeting practice dialogue.  

• 01 Prepare for an Immigration Consultation Appointment
• 02 Prepare for an Immigration Consultation Appointment

On August 30, the CATESOL Refugees Concerns Interest Group with hold an online KYR Coffee Chat during which they will discuss all the new KYR and CASAS COAAP 19 resources.  Join us! 

For further RC-IG info, watch these two webinars from CATESOL Refugee Concerns Interest Group

• 4/25/2025 KYR Teaching Tools for the Classroom (RC-IG) google slides | webinar recording
• 2/28/2025 Top Immigration Resources for ESL Teachers (RC-IG)

01 Prepare for an Immigration Consultation Appointment

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This summer, CASAS updated  COAAP 19.1 Immigrant Rights to include a role-play consultation meeting with a immigration lawyer.  For the next 10 days, I will post one consultation meeting practice dialogue.  

• 01 Prepare for an Immigration Consultation Appointment

On August 30, the CATESOL Refugees Concerns Interest Group with hold an online KYR Coffee Chat during which they will discuss all the new KYR and CASAS COAAP 19 resources.  Join us! 

For further RC-IG info, watch these two webinars from CATESOL Refugee Concerns Interest Group

• 4/25/2025 KYR Teaching Tools for the Classroom (RC-IG) google slides | webinar recording
• 2/28/2025 Top Immigration Resources for ESL Teachers (RC-IG)

'Immigrants Make This Country Stronger': Tammy Duckworth Delivers Remarks At Naturalization Ceremony

In 1937, my mother's parents, formerly of Stuttgart, Germany, naturalized in a small court house in the Chicago suburbs.  Twenty years later, I was born in Chicago.  Thank you Illinois for your continuing warm welcome to all "immigrants" foreign and domestic.  Check out the Adult Learning Resource Center: Citizenship.

 

Forbes Breaking News:   'Immigrants Make This Country Stronger': Tammy Duckworth Delivers Remarks At Naturalization Ceremony 

Forbes Breaking News:   JB Pritzker Holds Naturalization Oath Ceremony For New U.S. Citizens 

Forbes Breaking News:   'Liberty, Equality, Self-Governance' JB Pritzker Touts US Founding Ideals At Naturalization Ceremony 

WCIA: 400 immigrants become citizens at IL State Fair naturalization ceremony

Seattle naturalization ceremony

 

FOX 13 Seattle: Seattle celebrates Independence Day with naturalization ceremony

More than 500 people from around the world became U.S. citizens at Seattle Center's 40th annual Naturalization Ceremony this Fourth of July, marking a momentous Independence Day celebration.

Purple Heart Day

The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the president of the United States to members of the military who have been wounded or killed in action. It was first awarded by General George Washington on August 7, 1782.  USPS honors Purple Heart recipients with its Forever Stamp.

Learn more: 

USCIS: Outstanding American by Choice: Sergeant Ledum Ndaanee, U.S. Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune, NC, Recipient of the Purple Heart

POP Quiz:

USCIS 100:53.  What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?  

• give up loyalty to other countries 
• defend the Constitution and laws of the United States  
• obey the laws of the United States  
• serve in the U.S. military (if needed)  
• serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed)  
• be loyal to the United States

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

 

Center for Civic Education: Voting Rights Act of 1965: The Struggle for Civil Rights, Part 7

• The Civil Rights Act ended legal segregation, but voting discrimination continued.

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965 made voting fairer and removed barriers like literacy tests.

• The Voting Rights Act Sect 203 allowed federal oversight in states with histories of voter discrimination.

• Voting rights remain important today

Word or Phrase	Meaning in Simple English
Segregation	Separation of people by race
Voting Rights Act	A law (from 1965) that protects voting rights
Literacy test	A test used to stop people from registering
Federal oversight	Government watching voting in certain states
U.S. Supreme Court	The highest court in the United States
Voter registration	Signing up to vote
Voting restrictions	Rules that make voting harder

Learn more:

• Padlet: Voting and Election Resources for Adult Ed Students
• Preparing for the Oath: Voting
• uscitizenpod:  Yésica Sánchez: A Quick Interview Based on the N-400r plus 10qs about Voting and Elections pdf
• VOA: US Voting Rights Act Turns 50 

Summer Citizenship Lesson 32

NY Historical Society: Oath of Allegiance // The Citizenship Project [E02]

Taking the Oath of Allegiance is an important part of the U.S. Citizenship Test. But what new duties and responsibilities do people swear to uphold?

Watch the NY Historical Society: The Citizenship Project video playlist. 

Also see

This is the last of our semester.  

• Future Citizenship: Symbols 115-130; Unit 4:6 Oath 170-172 
• 10 Practice Citizenship Interview based on the USCIS Form N-400 (2024)
• USCIS: Symbols and Celebrations
• The Pledge of Allegiance, The Oath of Allegiance, USCIS N-400 Part 9:45-50 (Attachment to the Constitution), and USCIS 100:52 pdf
• A Citizenship Quiz for Flag Day pdf

Resources for Summer:

• U.S. Citizenship Resources for June
• Happy Independence Day (July)
• Two-Generation Activities to Foster Civic Awareness
• Teaching U.S. Citizenship Preparation 2024-2025
• Top 10 U.S. Citizenship Preparation Resources for 2025
• A Quick Update of New Resources for U.S. Citizenship Prep

Originally posted June 4, 2025