在美国，由茶党活动分子支持的共和党正威胁要关闭政府，理由仅仅因为奥巴马总统为已经在美工作生活多年的非法移民提供了获得公民身份的机会。
In the United States, Republicans – backed by their Tea Party activists – are threatening to close the government down just because President Barack Obama has offered undocumented immigrants who have lived and worked in the US for many years a chance to gain citizenship.