The Last Steps In Becoming A U.S. Citizen
CITIZENSHIP...WE HAVE TOLD YOU
ABOUT HOW EMIGRATING FAMILIES
END UP HERE IN THE MOHAWK
VALLEY,TONIGHT WE EXPLORE THE
PROCESS BEFORE THE MOVE.PARKER
TULLY REPORTS...
BEFORE THEIR ARRIVAL TO THE
U.S., ROSIE AND HER FAMILY HAD
TO GO THROUGH TEN YEARS OF
PERSONAL INTERVIEWS IN
MALAYSIA BEFORE BEING PLACED
NEED TO COME TO A DIFFERENT
COUNTRY. THEY GO THROUGH THE
SAME INTERVIEW, FIVE, SIX,
SEVEN, EIGHT OR NINE TIMES.
SAME
THING, OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN."THE QUESTIONS BECAME
ALMOST INTERROGATIVE, ASKING
THE OO'S ABOUT THEIR MARITAL
I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION,
AND I DONT KNOW WHERE MY
PARENTS WOULD BE."ALL THAT
STOOD BETWEEN THEM AND THE
UNITED STATES, WAS ONE LAST
INTERVIEW IN MALAYSIA."WE CAME
TO THE FINAL INTERVIEW OF
BEING LIKE WE HAVE CHOOSEN
THIS PLACE FOR YOU... THIS IS
WHERE YOU ARE GOING." "THAT
PLACE? BEING RIGHT HERE, IN
THE MOHAWK VALLEY. BUT BEFORE
THEY ARRIVED, THE OO'S HAD TO
TAKE CLASSES ON THINGS SUCH AS
HOW TO USE AMERICAN CURRENCY,
AND WHAT SHOPS AND HOUSES
LOOKED LIKE, THEN IT WAS OFF
TO THE U.S.""YOU HAVE TO STAY
ONE FINAL TEST COMPRISED OF
U.S. HISTORY, READING AND
WRITING NEEDS TO BE PASSED.
"IT'S SO HARD TO EXPLAIN, IT'S
LIKE THAT JOY THAT OFTEN, ONCE
YOU ACCOMPLISH FEEL THAT, IT'S
LIKE WOW, THIS IS HAPPINESS
LOOKS LIKE, IN UTICA, PARKER
TULLY, NEWS.
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