Immigrants In USA Blog

This country was built by immigrants, it will continue to attract and need immigrants. Some people think there are enough people here now -- people have been saying this since the 1700s and it still is not true. They are needed to make up for our aging population and low birthrate. Immigrants often are entrepreneurs, creating jobs. We must help them become Americans and not just people who live here and think of themselves as visitors. When immigrants succeed here, the whole country benefits.

Friday, February 01, 2013

Good Question: How Do Immigrants Become Legal Citizens?

This article tells all the steps; very complicated and very, very slow. When many of our ancestors came here, all they did was register at Ellis Island. - - Donna Poisl

Reporting: Jason DeRusha

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It can be a long process, and it’s far more complicated than most of us realize.

Nearly 700,000 immigrants became legal citizens in 2011, the last year on record. In that year, nearly half of the legal naturalized citizens came from Asian countries, followed by Mexico and the Caribbean, according to the Office of Immigration Statistics.

But according to President Barack Obama, there are approximately 11 million immigrants living illegally in the United States right now.

So what is the path to becoming a legal citizen?
Click on the HEADLINE above to read the answer! This is only a small part of this article.

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Obama made a passing reference to immigration reform in his inaugural address on Monday and is expected to expand on that during the Feb. 12 State of the Union speech to Congress.That element has been a key sticking point with GOP lawmakers for years: that any overhaul of immigration policy must provide a path to eventual US citizenship for the nation’s 11 million or so undocumented immigrants.The president reiterated that immigration reform would be his top legislative priority.; 8:26 AM