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Beto: Eliminating Citizenship Test for Immigrants is 'Something to Think About'

2020 Democrat shows openness to removing 'barrier' for immigrants entering the US

 on 12th June 2019 @ 12.00am
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Beto says dropping the citizenship test for immigrants is 'something for us to think about'

Democratic 2020 hopeful Beto O'Rourke has said that the idea of eliminating the citizenship test for immigrants is "something for us to think about."

During a recent public panel discussion, Beto expressed openness to ending the requirement that immigrants pass a test before becoming a citizen.

O'Rourke made the remark while speaking at a candidate forum in Des Moines, Iowa, this past weekend.

During the discussion, the mandatory test was described as "another structural barrier" for immigrants.

The comment was reported on Twitter by Yahoo News reporter Brittany Shepherd, who heard O'Rourke speaking at the event.

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Members of the panel described the citizenship test as a 'barrier' for immigrants

O'Rourke responded to a conversation about eliminating the citizenship test in his typical lukewarm fashion, reported The Blaze.

Not exactly a full endorsement of the idea, but also not a rejection of it.

Offending no one, impressing no one.

Another panelist had reportedly been discussing the idea that requiring immigrants to pass a test to earn citizenship is disrupting the flow of immigration into the United States and, therefore, should be removed to streamline the process.

As the process stands now, immigrants have to pass a two-part test before they can become citizens.

One part tests English proficiency in reading, writing and speaking.

The other part tests civics knowledge by asking applicants up to 10 questions out of a pool of 100.

Six out of 10 is a passing grade on that portion.

Applicants have two chances to take the test each time they apply for citizenship.

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Florida Sen. Rick Scott says 2020 Democrats are 'embracing the far left, fringy, extreme wing of the party'

O'Rourke's stance caught the attention of Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R), according to RedState.

"Stunning. @BetoORourke says we should eliminate the citizenship exam, which tests new citizens' knowledge of U.S. history and government," Scott wrote on Twitter.

"Why IN THE WORLD would he think that's a bad thing?

"Dems running for Pres are embracing the far left, fringy, extreme wing of the party."

O'Rourke continues to sag in the polls, and part of the problem is illustrated by the way expressed his view on this issue.

Rather than taking sure stances and owning them, O'Rourke has a habit of saying that we need to have a conversation about this, or we need to think about that.

The result has been a campaign that has failed to make positive headlines and failed to drive the conversation in the primary in the same way candidates such as Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) or even South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg have been able to do.

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