[Serenissima Venezia]

According to the link you provided, the Alexander amendment requires those wanting to be citizens to learn English - but taxpayers get to pay $500 for each one to help them with the naturalization requirements! Geez. They started out with something good - and again, the taxpayers get screwed!

Over the past 100 years, immigrants managed to become citizens without anyone having to pay money to help them. They had enough motivation to do it themselves, at their own expense.

[texaslil]

they'll just take the 500.00 and run. I used to teach reading and writing to convicted felons. It was mandated by the judge as a condition of their getting parole. None wanted to learn to read, they just wanted out of jail. They only showed up every third time, since I had to report if they were absent three times in a row. I don't know of a one who was charged with violating parole. they certainly didn't learn to read or write.