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Illinois Citizens-in-Waiting Get Impatient – March on Immigration Office Today

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008   

Chicago, IL – Illinois "citizens-in-waiting" are marching to the front door of the regional citizenship office in Chicago today, asking for answers about why it's taking so long to process paperwork for prospective new Americans. Flavia Jimenez with the New Americans Initiative says thousands of would-be Illinois citizens, and more than a million others across the country, have been waiting for months. Chief among their concerns is that, if the backlog continues, those people won't be able to vote in the presidential election this fall.

"We want to make the process good for people who are here. They're following the rules, they want to continue to playing by the rules, and want to become full-fledged participants."

Her group has attempted to meet with the citizenship office to discuss ways to reduce the backlog, Jimenez explains, but has received no response. She's optimistic, however, that showing up at the door of the citizenship office will result in answers about why citizenship applications have been delayed.

"We have questions about the backlog. We want details of some of the cases that have been denied due to very, very minute address change, those kinds of questions and issues."

The agency has announced plans to add employees in an attempt to speed up the process. Meanwhile, the New Americans Initiative is hoping for a big turnout at a group "oath ceremony" for new U.S. citizens on June 28th. More information is available online, at www.becomeacitizennow.org.


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