Early Questions
Have you ever voted in any federal, state, or local election in the United States?
What is vote?
Choose a new government leader
Have you ever been a member or, or in any way associated with a terrorist organization?
What is terrorist?
Killers
Were you ever involved in not letting someone practice his or her religion?
What is religion?
How people feel about God (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, no religion...)
Did you ever sell, give, or provide weapons to any person, or help another person sell, give, or provide weapons to any person?
What is weapons?
Gun, knife, bomb
Have you ever been to jail or prison?
What is jail?
Place where people who break the law stay
Do you owe any overdue federal, state, or local taxes?
What is owe?
Need to pay
What is a paramilitary unit?
A group who acts like military but aren't part of the real military
Were you ever involved in badly hurting or trying to hurt a person on purpose?
What is on purpose?
Do something because you want to do it
Did you ever receive any type of military, paramilitary, or weapons training?
What is weapons training?
Learn to use a gun
Have you ever committed, assisted in committing, or attempted to commit a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?
What is crime?
Break the law
Have you ever called yourself a "non-U.S. resident" on a federal, state, or local tax return since you became a lawful permanent resident?
What is a non-resident?
Someone who does not have a green card
Have you ever been a member of, or in any way associated with the Communist Party?
What is the Communist party?
Were you ever involved in forcing or trying to force someone to have any kind of sexual contact or relation?
What is force?
Make someone do something they don't want to do
Were you ever part of any group, or did you ever help any group, unit, or organization that used a weapon against a person or threatened to do so?
What is threaten?
Say you will hurt someone
Have you ever been arrested, cited, or detained by any law enforcement officer for any reason?
What is arrested?
Police take you to jail
Do you now have or did you ever have a hereditary title or order of nobility in any foreign country?
What is hereditary title?
Special name like king, queen, or prince
Were you ever a member of, or did you ever serve in, help, or otherwise participate in a rebel group?
What is a rebel group?
A group who fights against the government
Were you ever involved in any way with torture?
What is torture?
Hurt someone so they will tell you information
Did you ever recruit, enlist, conscript, or use any person under 15 years of age to serve in or help an armed force or group?
What is someone under 15 years of age in the armed forces?
Child soldier
Have you ever received a suspended sentence, been placed on probation, or been paroled?
What is probation?
You don't have to go to jail, but the judge is watching you
Have you ever persecuted any person because of race, religion, national origin, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion?
What is persecute?
Treat someone badly because they are different
Were you ever a member of, or did you ever serve in, help, or otherwise participate in a vigilante unit?
What is a vigilante unit?
A group who act like the police but they are not part of the real police
Were you ever involved in any way with genocide?
What is genocide?
Killing many people from one group
Have you ever advocated the overthrow of any government by force or violence?
What is overthrow of a government?
To change a government by using guns or hurting people
Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
What is convicted?
Judge proves that you broke the law