US Citizenship

Millions of immigrants to receive naturalization assistance

An immigrant rights organization is set to assist millions of permanent residents who are eligible for naturalization to become citizens throughout this month. September is Citizenship Month, with Citizenship Day falling on the 17th. In honor of the occasion, an announcement was made by the Educational Fund of the National Association of Latino Elected and […]

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Bush accuses Asians of abusing birthright citizenship

On Monday Jeb Bush, the former Governor of Florida and current Republican presidential nomination hopeful, accused Asians of abusing the rules enabling infants who are born in the United States to instantly gain citizenship, regardless of the legal status of their parents. Bush has been involved in a heated debate with fellow Republican candidate Donald

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Santorum proposes blocking citizenship for immigrant kids

Republican presidential candidate nominee Rick Santorum has gone on record as saying that individuals born in the United States to undocumented immigrants should not be automatically granted citizenship. Santorum made the comments in a speech he gave to Washington’s National Press Club regarding immigration policy yesterday. US citizenship is automatically given to anyone born in

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USCIS claims citizenship could fight terrorism

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the top immigration agency in the United States, claims that marketing the benefits of US citizenship to immigrants is a way to blunt the prospect of home-grown terrorism. The agency made the claim to the Senate Immigration and National Interest Subcommittee. “In furtherance of DHS’s mission to safeguard the

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Rosenberg blasts Jindal and defends mayor of Somerville

The attack on Joseph Curtatone, the mayor of Somerville, on Monday by Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate nominee Bobby Jindal has been slammed as “an act of desperation” by Senate president Stanley Rosenberg. Rosenberg also slammed the federal government’s overall failure to reform the immigration system in the United States. Rosenberg says that states

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Walker wants to help families and enforce immigration laws

Whoever is elected president of the United States in 2016 needs to put an end to illegal immigration by enforcing existing laws at every level throughout the nation and start focusing on American families, according to Republican presidential nominee candidate Scott Walker. Walker made his comments on Tuesday during an interview with JD Hayworth, the

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Immigration system needs fixing after Chattanooga

Republican senators Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions have thrown aside political correctness and have demanded that the immigration system of the United States is overhauled after the Chattanooga military base shooting by an Islamic extremist. Cruz has attacked President Obama’s identification of the killer as a lone gunman and his apparent unwillingness to address the

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Graham says Republicans need to reject Trump

A number of key Republicans, including fellow presidential nomination candidate and South Caroline senator Lindsey Graham, have begun distancing themselves from real estate mogul Donald Trump over his controversial stance on undocumented immigrants. Graham says that Trump, who last month accused undocumented Mexican immigrants of being rapists and bringing infectious diseases into the United States,

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