# I heard a rumor that the US Immigration Department **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579 "2014-06-11T23:31:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/1 "2014-06-11T23:31:24Z")
I heard a rumor that the US Immigration Department is working on a new litnecy test for people entering the United States for the first time. Please answer the following question correctly in order to process your application to enter the United States of American: **Which US President said, "Let my people go"** 1. President Abraham Lincoln when he freed the slaves 2. President Richard M Nixon when he pardoned the Watergate burglar’s 3. President Barrack H Obama when he let the five Taliban detainees go in exchange for Sgt. Bergdahl 4. None of the above ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/2 "2014-06-11T23:42:46Z")
Litnecy? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/3 "2014-06-11T23:44:54Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Litnecy? I’m highly litnet. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/4 "2014-06-11T23:49:13Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Litnecy? Yes, that’s southern for reading test: [http://www.reading-tests.com/](http://www.reading-tests.com/) ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/5 "2014-06-12T00:43:30Z")
Will they also have to know about punctuation? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/6 "2014-06-12T00:51:48Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > . . . United States of American Or the difference between nouns and adjectives? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/7 "2014-06-12T01:11:40Z")
It’s just a rough draft … snuck out on an I phone … No one at the immigration department has passed the test yet. They’re thinking about passing it over to the State Department. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/8 "2014-06-12T01:15:49Z")
I’m not sure what the OP’s intent was here, but I’m pretty sure he failed. Badly. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/9 "2014-06-12T01:26:03Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > I’m not sure what the OP’s intent was here, but I’m pretty sure he failed. Badly. Have you seen the other threads in (MPSIMS) I don’t think so 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/10 "2014-06-12T01:27:31Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > I’m not sure what the OP’s intent was here, but I’m pretty sure he failed. Badly. He’s being pretty successful at something. I just don’t quite know what to call it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/11 "2014-06-12T01:43:12Z")
The OP should be careful or he’ll end up getting deported back to Quatrovania. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/12 "2014-06-12T01:53:26Z")
I’m already on someone’s radar I just wanted to make them laugh 😃 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/13 "2014-06-12T01:59:49Z")
**INS Examiner:** All right, here’s your last question. What was the cause of the Civil War? **Apu Nahasapeemapetilon:** Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious schism between the abolitionists and the anti-abolitionists, there were economic factors, both domestic and inter– **INS Examiner:** Wait, wait…just say slavery. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/14 "2014-06-12T02:04:41Z")
The OP’s joke isn’t funny, but the multiple mistakes in spelling, grammar and history are kind of amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/15 "2014-06-12T02:22:51Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The OP’s joke isn’t funny, but the multiple mistakes in spelling, grammar and history are kind of amusing. Go ahead pick on an old man on dial up … must I remind you that Gov Christi had skeletons in his closet and that the San Diego Chargers almost went all the way to the Super Bowl? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/16 "2014-06-12T02:29:43Z")
What does dialup have to do with spelling, grammar, or the fact that Nixon didn’t pardon the Watergate burglars and Obama isn’t a Muslim? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/17 "2014-06-12T02:32:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > What does dialup have to do with spelling, grammar, or the fact that Nixon didn’t pardon the Watergate burglars and Obama isn’t a Muslim? Wait. Obama isn’t Richard Nixon? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/18 "2014-06-12T02:35:13Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Wait. Obama isn’t Richard Nixon? Have you ever seen them in the same place at the same time? Maybe the M. in Richard M. Nixon stands for “Barrack,” which is almost Obama’s first name. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/19 "2014-06-12T02:38:56Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > I’m already on someone’s radar I just wanted to make them laugh 😃 Laughing at you is just as good as laughing with you, right? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579/20 "2014-06-12T02:44:29Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > must I remind you that Gov Christi had skeletons in his closet He did, but not the ones you were thinking of. You were talking about the reasons Romney didn’t pick him for VP, and that had nothing to do with the Bridge scandal. > [@](#): > > and that the San Diego Chargers almost went all the way to the Super Bowl? “Almost” is another way of saying they didn’t. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-rumor-that-the-us-immigration-department/690579.md?page=2)