Immigrants giving thanks for their new lives

All over the country, new residents are celebrating Thanksgiving, with a special reason for thanks this year. - - Donna Poisl

BY MONSY ALVARADO, STAFF WRITER

Thousands of immigrants will be celebrating their first Thanksgiving as legal residents today in New Jersey, some who have just arrived and had been apart from family members for years.

In New Jersey, more than 27,000 lawful permanent resident cards were issued from December 2010 through early this week to new arrivals, said Katie Tichacek Kaplan, public affairs officer for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Thousands more New Jersey residents received "green cards" who had already been living here and adjusted their status, she said.
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