Yet, for African-American prospective voters, the test was extremely complex. The test had very confusing questions that would give anyone a hard time. Most, if not all, of the questions were trick questions specifically designed to make the test taker give an incorrect response. As expected, a good number of them failed which disabled them from voting. These tests were given in states that were very much filled with racism, such as Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama(Rebecca Onion). Although they could not vote, they still kept their heads up. They kept on protesting for civil rights and, eventually, received them. This is strikingly similar to the situation that the immigrants are going through today, except instead of a literacy test, they’re taking a Naturalization test. The Naturalization test, like the literacy test, is extremely complex and is not meant to be past. To be fair, immigrants are issued a study guide with the possible test questions on it. Nonetheless,
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Surprisingly, all of these are not completely true. As stated earlier, immigrants are not imaginary extraterrestrial creatures nor are they technically “illegal”. A very popular myth about immigrants is that they do not pay their taxes. This simply is not true. In the year 2012, immigrants paid approximately $11.2 Billion dollars in taxes (Pianin). Not only that, but almost half of the immigrants paid federal taxes in some form. Logically, if these immigrants were to become citizens of the United States of America, they would be able to pay more taxes and give more tax money to our government which would, in turn, help bolster our economy. As executive director of ITEP Matthew Gardner states, “This analysis shows that undocumented immigrants already are paying billions in taxes to state and local governments, and if they are allowed to work in the country legally, their state and local tax contributions would considerably increase,”(Matthew
Surprisingly, all of these are not completely true. As stated earlier, immigrants are not imaginary extraterrestrial creatures nor are they technically “illegal”. A very popular myth about immigrants is that they do not pay their taxes. This simply is not true. In the year 2012, immigrants paid approximately $11.2 Billion dollars in taxes (Pianin). Not only that, but almost half of the immigrants paid federal taxes in some form. Logically, if these immigrants were to become citizens of the United States of America, they would be able to pay more taxes and give more tax money to our government which would, in turn, help bolster our economy. As executive director of ITEP Matthew Gardner states, “This analysis shows that undocumented immigrants already are paying billions in taxes to state and local governments, and if they are allowed to work in the country legally, their state and local tax contributions would considerably increase,”(Matthew