Cases of Immigration Blues

The exercises below summarize how have each of these characters experienced Immigration Blues. Type the missing words into the form fields from the words indicated in blue.

Mrs. Zafra

Once she quit being a., Mrs. Zafra, was no longer entitled to stay in the US and could not obtain., either. She became an..alien and had to hide from the immigration investigators. After the Italian-American immigration officer..her down, he only thing she could do to stay was to..an American citizen, so she decided to find an..Filipino with US citizenship, Carlito. She married him before her one-week visa..ran out.

marry......tracked.....nun......extension......illegal.......employment......elderly
Seniang, Monica and Seniang's sister

Seniang also had to hide from the Immigration.. She married Alipio because he was a US..(even though Alipio could not have children) so she could..in the US.

Monica had to agree to her sister's..to get Alipio to marry her so she could..an American citizen and stay in the US.

Alipio and Seniang had to go through the trouble to..all the petition papers for her..and she was almost ready but never came. She ..changed her mind and did not want to leave the Philippines, and stay with Alipio and her sister, perhaps..if she knew her sister was ill.

scheme......officers......probably......become......file......visa

stay......especially......citizen
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