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Civics lessons for the Fourth
You can become an American citizen by being born in the U.S. or you can become one by getting “naturalized.”
Becoming naturalized is a heck of a lot harder.
It not only means having to meet all the legal and residency requirements Congress has established, it means passing a U.S. civics test that would stump a random cable-news talk show host.
Sadly, based on the results of the civics test they take, naturalized American immigrants understand the uniqueness of their adopted country bett...