Thousands of legal immigrants are becoming American citizens. According to new reports, there has been an increase of about 80% from last year. Many immigrants say they are finally doing the step because of the immigration debate.Telling the New York Times, Angel Ivan Alvarez, a 24-year-old legal immigrant from Mexico stated:
“I realized that I want to be able to vote and speak up for my people because they are not getting enough support. I want everybody to be able to come out of the shadows.” said Alvarez.
There has been a national push by Spanish media to get legal residents to become citizens, including Univision. In addition many legal immigrants were motivated by the new increase in fees, trying to become a citizen before a 69% increase in price.
Currently the RNHA of Washington State holds citizenship classes to help legal immigrants become US citizens.
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