Gerri Ratliff

Gerri Ratliff is the former Chief of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Verification Division.

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Panel Video: Immigrant Worker Verification

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Topics: State and Local Policy, C-Span Videos

Panel Transcript: Testing for Citizenship

Update on the Redesign of the Naturalization Exam

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