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“It’s very nice to be an American citizen now with all of these kinds of immigration reforms”.

Expanding opportunities for linguistics integration and education. Oregon organizations Causa, PCUN, and the Oregon AFL-CIO will join the national effort by hosting a free citizenship workshop to assist eligible immigrants to apply for US citizenship in Woodburn, OR on Saturday, September 19.

Immigrants, including may Iraqi refugees, celebrated passing their citizenship tests.

Join our campaign on Twitter with #Cities4Citizenship and access resources online at CitiesforCitizenship.org. Citizenship can also help New Americans increase their incomes, open businesses, and become homeowners.

The largest naturalization ceremony in the state happened at Turner Field on Thursday morning.

Sixty-nine immigrants from 31 countries took the US oath of citizenship at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum Thursday.

Others stood and offered in varying levels of English their pride in completing the lengthy process of gaining citizenship. “These collaborations are critical in reaching dense populations of the 8.5 million aspiring Americans who reside in our member’s cities” said Nicole Melaku, Director of Programs at the National Partnership for New Americans. The 10 participating states are home to 75 percent of the country’s lawful permanent residents. Sergio has lived in the United States for almost ten years. USCIS grantees have helped more than 122,000 LPRs prepare for citizenship. With these announcements, USCIS now has a total of eight municipal partners.

Because each community is unique in its circumstances and needs, there is no singular approach to building a welcoming community. For more information, visit uscis.gov/grants.

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is celebrated each year on September 17 on the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution in 1787. Today, USCIS is renewing its partnership with NPS to enhance the meaning and stature of citizenship ceremonies by allowing naturalization ceremonies to take place in our national parks. Help others who are ready to take this step, as well.

Maria Miller was living in Mazatlan, Mexico, when she met her husband, David, and fell in love. Philanthropic investments in naturalization have totaled almost $30M since July 2011, including investments from Carnegie Corporation of New York; the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation; the Grove Foundation; the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr.

A group of almost 100 immigrants became naturalized citizens Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia.

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