Originally Posted by Rochard

Years ago I had a friend of mine go through the process. In fact, he worked for me as a programmer in Phoenix. We used to do lunch together and we would go over his questions. Sadly, nine of of ten Americans would not be able to pass the test; I know I wouldn't. Much to my surprise he asked me to attend the swearing in ceremony and much to my surprise it was very moving - a handful of people spoke about their prior lives in other countries and man, people want to come to the US badly.