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King Inspires Citizenship Drive in Nevada

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Monday, January 15, 2007   

Just as the late Martin Luther King, Jr. inspired Americans to dream of equality, advocates in Nevada are calling on his memory to inspire a drive for another sort of dream. They've selected this year's holiday to push for immigrants to apply for the dream of American citizenship. Iris Contreras with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada or "PLAN," says there are very practical reasons for beginning the push now.

"The goal is to move people to become U.S. citizens as soon as possible, because immigration is going to increase the fee for the citizenship from $400 to $870."

Advocates add King Day is a good time to focus on the bigger question of whether those who dream of immigration reform have a shot this year. Rich Stolz with the Center for Community Change says 2007 is a critical year, and the Silver State will likely be at the center of the debate.

"Nevada will continue to be a bellwether, particularly because of where it is in the West and its changing demographics. In terms of Senator Reid in particular, I think he's already shown some real practical leadership on the issue of immigration reform, and I think that will be very important to ensuring that anything can happen this year."

Stoltz says the chances for reform are better this year, because the new democratic majority in both houses is closer to the President's position in calling for creating new paths to citizenship.

This week PLAN is providing free legal assistance to guide applicants through naturalization, a process that can often cost hundreds of dollars just for document preparation. (In Las Vegas the services will be available at the Citizenship Project, 710 West Lake Meade Boulevard, and in Reno at the PLAN office at 821 Riverside Drive).



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