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Jennifer Gagliardi is a ESL/Citizenship teacher. More on uscitizenpod.com
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Things we don’t want for Christmas 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Check out the Switchboard TA YouTube Channel--Outstanding work leveraging #digitaltools to extend #welcome, #immigrant integration, and #mentalhealth services to #refugees!

Kudos to @rescue.org @globalrefuge.bsky.social and Office of Refugee Resettlement.

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Switchboard TA
Switchboard is a one-stop resource hub for refugee service providers in the United States. With the support of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), we offer tools and materials, learning opportun...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Why do the ppl insist on the original inten? Amend IV was passed in 1868 re: citizenship of formerly enslaved persons and insurgents--2 problems (and a war) that would have been avoided if the Founders had simply delivered on "all men are created equal."

#birthright

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A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan
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December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
On Dec 17, 2025, the NYTimes published an article about #Denaturalization. I used ChatGPT to rephrase the info at CEFR B1-level for #ESL / #Citizenship students and teachers. Please read the entire NYTimes article. Consult #immigration legal services as needed.

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Denaturalization
On December 17, 2025, the NYTimes published: Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship. I used ChatGPT to rephrase the information at CEFR B1-level for ESL/Citizens...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hanukkah is known as the Festival of Lights.

Emma Lazarus was used the image of America as a light to the nations in "The New Colossus" Manfred Anson designed a Hanukkah lamp for the centennial of the Statue of Liberty.

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#Hanukkah #Citizenship #statueoflibety
U.S. Citizenship Resources for the Hanukkah
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December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Happy #BillofRightsDay!

Our students are studying #ELCivics emergency resources related to education, food, housing, health, and immigration. Access to these services are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and human decency.

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#respect #rights #BillOfRights
What is Bill of Rights Day?
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December 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"When leaders attack refugees, they do not harm only us. They devalue the work of every American who believed in this country’s ideals to help a stranger."

#immigration #RefugeesWelcome #AmericanDream #Somali #hope #StrangerNoMore #refugees #immigrants
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Opinion | I came from Somalia at 19. Let me tell you about the America I met.
President Trump’s anti-immigrant ranting betrays the Americans who welcome the stranger.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Eliza Harriot brought the concept of female genius to the United States. Its advocates argued that women had equal capacity and deserved an equal education and political representation

#ElizaHarriot #equality #USconstitution #femalegenius #education

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Change at the Podium
For likely the first time in the United States, a woman gave a public lecture. George Washington was there. By Mary Sarah Bilder
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December 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What exactly are the criteria for “hostile attitudes”?

Is the DHS monitoring social media activity to identify users who promote violence against the US, or is it also reviewing satirical or critical memes about the administration?

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#freedomofspeech #security #socialmedia #travel
Opinion | Forcing visitors to share five years of social media history is nuts
America’s closest allies are among the 42 countries in the visa waiver program targeted by Trump.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In the last fiscal year, 818,500 immigrants became U.S. citizens. The president undermines his own messaging on legal immigration by rejecting people who are willing to jump through every hoop.

#OathOfAllegiance #naturalization #immigration #citizenship #citizenshipceremonies

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Opinion | Cracking down on citizenship ceremonies encourages illegal immigration
Trump unfairly levels collective punishment against people legally in the U.S. from 19 countries.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Happy Human Rights Day!

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#humanrights #UDHR #rights #HumanRightsDay
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Leave our neighbors alone.”

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December 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“I would like to see a broader response,” Van Hollen said. “We (Democrats) can walk and chew gum at the same time. Trump’s poisonous comments in the last week have really put immigrants and other communities in danger.”

#immigration

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Democrats, who once lambasted Trump on immigration, have grown quiet
Democrats struggle to counter Trump’s tougher policies on immigration.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception located in Washington, D.C., honors Mary, the mother of Jesus, as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, the Patroness of the United States and celebrates the diversity of the American Catholicism.

#ImmaculateConception #Mary
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Get ready for Bill of Rights Day on Dec 15! Use these dialogues to extend EL Civics instruction, learn about the Bill of Rights (and the UDHR), and introduce KYR resources.

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#citizenship #naturalization #billofrights #KYR #rights #literacy #adulteducation
Bill of Rights Day Conversations
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December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Sweeping immigration changes by the Trump administration have resulted in the cancellation of naturalization ceremonies, the last step in the process of becoming a citizen.

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#citizenship #naturaization #oath #immigration
One Step From Citizenship, Some Find It Eludes Their Grasp
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December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageDay ! In gratitude for land where I create material for #newcomers, here is a post about the #Muwekma #Ohlone.

I challenge #ESL #Citizenship teachers to create materials that link #immigrants to #americanindians.

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#AllAreWelcome
The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Region
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November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation.

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#USCIS #GreenCard #deportation #marriage #citizenship #naturalization
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
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November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
On August 15, 2025, USCIS a policy memo that changed how officers decide if a naturalization applicant has “good moral character.” Here is a summary for students in an ESL/Citizenship program.

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#citizenship #naturalization #adulteducation #GMC #GoodMoralCharacter
Demonstrating Good Moral Character
On August 15, 2025, USCIS published: PM-602-0188 Restoring a Rigorous, Holistic, and Comprehensive Good Moral Character Evaluation Standard for Aliens Applying for Naturalization. Source.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The new HUD rules could lead to people being questioned just for their accent, language, or country of origin—even though national origin is protected. Even U.S. citizens might face extra questions until they show paperwork proving their status. #citzenship #housing

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Do Home Buyers Have to Show Proof of Citizenship?
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November 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM