Contents:
Welcome to the United States: A Guide for
New Immigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Federal Departments and Agencies . . . . . . . . v
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Getting Involved in Your Community . . . . . . 5
Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Permanent
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Your Rights and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . 8
Maintaining Your Permanent Resident Status . 10
If You Are a Conditional Resident . . . . . . . . 12
Finding Legal Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Consequences of Criminal Behavior for
Permanent Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Getting Settled in the United States . . . . . . . . . . 19
Finding a Place to Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Getting a Social Security Number . . . . . . . . 26
Taking Care of Your Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Looking for a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Paying Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Traveling in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Taking Care of Your Health . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Other Federal Benefits Programs . . . . . . . . . 47
Education and Childcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Higher Education: Colleges and Universities . . 57
Adult Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Learning English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Childcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
TABLE OF CONTENTSEmergencies and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Emergency Help: Call 911 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Keeping Your Home and Family Safe . . . . . . 68
Homeland Security Advisory System for
Terrorist Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Learning About the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
We the People:The Role of the Citizen
in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
How the United States Began . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Creating “A More Perfect Union” . . . . . . . . 78
How the Federal Government Works . . . . . . 81
The Legislative Branch: Congress . . . . . . . . . 82
The Executive Branch:The President . . . . . . 85
The Judicial Branch:The Supreme Court . . . 86
State and Local Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Becoming a U.S. Citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Why Become a U.S. Citizen? . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Naturalization: Becoming a Citizen . . . . . . . 91
The United States Today (map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Federal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Photo Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
You’re On Your Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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