At ABCD 'Citizenship Days' immigrants work towards citizenship

This organization is helping immigrants, many who have lived here for many years, get through the citizenship application and become citizens, finally.    - - Donna Poisl

By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent

Sitting in the Action for Boston Community Development’s Parker Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Service Center Mariela Barrows, a 33-year-old Hyde Park resident, patiently waited for her name to be called.

Although she has legally lived in this country since she was five, she has never become a citizen. That may soon change, after she met Thursday with administrators at ABCD who over the coming months will help her navigate the often tricky and expensive citizenship process.

“I’m glad I came here,” said Barrows, who was born in the Dominican Republic. “They helped explain the details and everything about the process.”
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