GCaito

State: Massachusetts Political Party: Republican Congress Person:** [|Niki Tsongas]
 * GCaito
 * Link to bill:****HB96**


 * 5 Interesting Facts:

1. Harvard University which is the Country's first college was founded in 1636 2. Basketball was inevented by James Naismith in Springfield 3. The Boston Subway is the first subway built in 1897 4. First sweing machine was built in Boston 1845 5. The Fig Newton was named after Newton, Massachusetts**


 * 5 Important Facts:**

4. 12.7% (or 403,915) of registered voters in Massachusetts were “New Americans”—naturalized citizens or the U.S.-born children of immigrants who were raised during the current era of immigration from Latin America and Asia which began in 1965 5. Immigrant-headed households in Massachusetts paid $1.2 billion in state income taxes in** 2005**, according to a report by the Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.**
 * 1. Massachusetts receives an average of 1800 refugees per year**
 * 2.** **The Center for Immigrant Studies estimates that 12.7% of mothers of children ages 4 and below are immigrants and 32.4% of foreign-born children live near or below the poverty level**
 * 3. 48.2% of immigrants (or 440,823 people)** **in Massachusetts were naturalized U.S. citizens** in 2007—**meaning that they are eligible to vote.


 * 3 Issues that intrest you most:

1. Criminal Justice

This topic intrests me because it has to do with the death penalty and jails. The problem is that there is too many jails that are overcrowded. They need to build more jails so that they aren't so crowded, but this all costs money. Another problem is that for the death penalty, people are getting punished twice long term execution. They are getting blamed for crimes that they didn't even do. This is a huge problem.

2. Education

The problem for education is that middle class people can'ty always afford college just because they can't pay for it. It's hard because some kids that want a really good education, can't always afford to go to college. It depends on the familiues and how much they make. i think that there should be money that can go to kids somehow, so that everyone can get a good education.

3. Immigration

The problem is that immigration is that there is too many illegal immigrants that try to get into the U.S. These people aren't always here for good reasons. To solve this, they need to increase the border security and they need to make it harder to get a greencard. This will all cost money though, but they need to figure out a way to stop it.**

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5. Newton, David E. "Federation for American Immigration Reform ." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 21 May 2010. .

6. "Citizenship test: 100 questions." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 21 May 2010. .

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8. "Proposition 187 (1994)." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 21 May 2010. .

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10. Simon, Rita J. "Immigration in America." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 21 May 2010. .