Colorado libraries host immigrants working to become citizens

These immigrants are studying for the citizenship exam and probably know more about our history and government than many people who were born here. - - Donna Poisl

By Nancy Lofholm, The Denver Post

GRAND JUNCTION — Argentinian Sandra Lusthoff is in a civics hot seat in the basement of the Mesa County Public Library.
"How many members are there in the U.S. House of Representatives?"
"435," she fires back.
"What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?"
"Freed the slaves."
"Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?"
She doesn't even blink: "Roosevelt."
Lusthoff answers dozens of these civics and history questions posed by volunteer teacher Brian Davis. He is a sewing-machine repairman when he is not here at the library preparing people like Lusthoff for their tests as they reach the end of a years-long process to become citizens.
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