<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Could you pass the new US immigration test? : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Could you pass the new US immigration test? : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-27T23:06:36+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Could you pass the new US immigration test?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58087/1/" /><id>58087</id><summary><![CDATA[Could you pass the new US immigration test?]]></summary><issued>2008-04-13T16:31:17+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-13T16:31:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Recently this immigration test was updated to include a more diverse group of contributors to American history and more recent historical events such as 9/11. Take the test and see if you have the civic knowledge to be a naturalized United States citizen.<br/>I did OK but my nieces and nephews scare me.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Private contractors have been doing the monitoring since 2007. Before that, it was federal employees.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obama Calls for US Immigration Reform ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/124430/1/" /><id>124430</id><summary><![CDATA[Obama Calls for US Immigration Reform ]]></summary><issued>2009-06-19T14:16:45+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-19T14:16:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[President Obama said that while immigration is vital for America's future, illegal immigration cannot continue.<br/>&quot;For those who wish to become citizens, we should require them to pay a penalty and pay taxes, learn English, go to the back of the line behind those who played by the rules. That is the fair, practical and promising way forward,&quot; he said.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36320/1/" /><id>36320</id><summary><![CDATA[The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot;]]></summary><issued>2007-09-21T01:09:07+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-21T01:09:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Despite some people's theories, the United States' national motto, &quot;<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">In God We Trust</a>&quot; was not added to paper money by mistake.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[U.S. Bares &#8216;Alien Files&#8217; Kept on Immigrants ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/131376/1/" /><id>131376</id><summary><![CDATA[U.S. Bares &#8216;Alien Files&#8217; Kept on Immigrants ]]></summary><issued>2009-08-22T15:24:59+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-22T15:24:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Immigration files containing a wealth of information collected by American border agents, some of it dating from the late 19th century, will be opened to the public soon and permanently preserved, providing intriguing nuggets about such famous immigrants or visitors as Alfred Hitchcock and Salvador Dal&#237;.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[10 Events That Changed History]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/117136/1/" /><id>117136</id><summary><![CDATA[10 Events That Changed History]]></summary><issued>2009-05-25T22:07:06+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-25T22:07:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Countless events have changed history, but some stand like a switch that sends a train on a completely different track. 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