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The answer to why is racism. The immigration rules in US are designed in a similar way to previous black voter literacy rules. A lot of leeway for the bureaucra

The answer to why is racism. The immigration rules in US are designed in a similar way to previous black voter literacy rules. A lot of leeway for the bureaucrat to reject, a lot of unnecessary burden of proof on the applicant also to make it easy to miss the deadlines and introduce a cost barrier. (No, these tests are not free.)

WirelessGigabit 4y ago
I don't know. As a non-US Citizen it a privilege to be in the USA. Not a right. As such they are well within their rights to only allow smart people in. Countries have sovereignty. An illiterate white person would have exactly the same problem as what you describe.
- AstralStorm 4y ago
  Brush up on the history of those racist literacy tests please. They were not actually testing literacy. Likewise this immigration law is not about letting people in or not, that's the visa which is much more lax. And often follows another more temporary visa. Benefits of being a US citizen are some, but not really enough in comparison to just being in the US which needs only the visa. (Especially business/employee visa.) It's not a test for intelligence either, unless you explain to me how you need to be smart to be in a relationship. Stable employment (of one of the partners) is something, I guess, if it's checked, but that's a different immigration visa that is quite limited. The check for language is done at visa application... (See point of people already having a previous visa, usually.)
- InitialLastName 4y ago
  > An illiterate white person would have exactly the same problem as what you describe. The standard for the "literacy tests" was roughly that you were exempt if your pre-1861 ancestors were allowed to vote. Edit to add: The test questions were along the lines of "Name all of the judges in your state's circuit court" or [0]; note that both selecting the passage and judging the answers was left to the county registrar, and that it was left to their discretion whether it was necessary to administer the test to any given individual. [0] https://www.crmvet.org/docs/550300_wcdc_vote.pdf https://www.crmvet.org/docs/550300_wcdc_vote.pdf
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WirelessGigabit 4y ago

I don't know. As a non-US Citizen it a privilege to be in the USA. Not a right. As such they are well within their rights to only allow smart people in. Countries have sovereignty. An illiterate white person would have exactly the same problem as what you describe.

AstralStorm 4y ago
Brush up on the history of those racist literacy tests please. They were not actually testing literacy. Likewise this immigration law is not about letting people in or not, that's the visa which is much more lax. And often follows another more temporary visa. Benefits of being a US citizen are some, but not really enough in comparison to just being in the US which needs only the visa. (Especially business/employee visa.) It's not a test for intelligence either, unless you explain to me how you need to be smart to be in a relationship. Stable employment (of one of the partners) is something, I guess, if it's checked, but that's a different immigration visa that is quite limited. The check for language is done at visa application... (See point of people already having a previous visa, usually.)
InitialLastName 4y ago
> An illiterate white person would have exactly the same problem as what you describe. The standard for the "literacy tests" was roughly that you were exempt if your pre-1861 ancestors were allowed to vote. Edit to add: The test questions were along the lines of "Name all of the judges in your state's circuit court" or [0]; note that both selecting the passage and judging the answers was left to the county registrar, and that it was left to their discretion whether it was necessary to administer the test to any given individual. [0] https://www.crmvet.org/docs/550300_wcdc_vote.pdf https://www.crmvet.org/docs/550300_wcdc_vote.pdf
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