The federal agency that processes visa and naturalization applications should not have been surprised—or unprepared—for the huge increase in applications it received this year.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received 2.5 million applications during last summer alone, as reported by the New York Times. This year, the number of naturalization petitions submitted just about doubled from 2006.
The flood of applications was also propelled by the Ya es Hora campaign, a national drive to help immigrants submit their naturalization petitions. Many of those applications came from Hispanics.
Publication Date:
11/26/2007
Source:
El Diario La Prensa New York
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