Thursday, February 23, 2012

Immigrants versed on legal requirements for citizenship

People legally here for 20 years are interested in the issues (FINALLY) and want to become citizens so they can vote. - - Donna Poisl

Sandra Baltazar MartÍnez | The New Mexican

Luis Guzmán wants to be able to vote. That's his primary motivation in studying to become a naturalized United States citizen.

During a two-hour informational session Wednesday night offered by a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services officer at Santa Fe Community College, Guzmán took notes on this federal agency's requirements for becoming a citizen. He's just about ready, he said.

"I just need to improve my English," Guzmán said. "I've been going to English classes for two years and I plan to stick with them."
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