August 23, 2016
Gabriele Wallace was always interested in politics. Having grown up during World War II, she experienced first-hand the importance of getting along during difficult times. As a child, Gabriele was forced to flee her country with her mother and three siblings when Russia invaded. They went to Prague and later sought refuge back in Germany, […]
August 18, 2016
Earlier this month, more than 225 New Americans Campaign partners from across the country convened in San Francisco for the annual United for Citizenship Practitioners Conference. The conference, held Aug. 3-5, provided local partners the opportunity to share best practices, network with other practitioners and volunteer at a large citizenship workshop. “The New Americans Campaign […]
August 17, 2016
In Partnership with the New York Daily News, Robin Hood Foundation, SUNY Albany, Stanford University, and George Mason University, “NaturalizeNY” Waives Naturalization Fee for 2,000 Eligible Low-Income Working Immigrants through lottery New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently launched “NaturalizeNY,” the first public-private partnership of its kind to encourage and assist eligible immigrants to become U.S. citizens. […]
August 15, 2016
Last year, 34 lawful permanent residents from 13 different countries became U.S. citizens at a special oath ceremony with the Korean community in Chicago. It had been 30 years since a ceremony like this was hosted. Among those newly minted Americans was 85-year-old SaHoon Kim, who came to the U.S. from Korea 40 years ago. […]
August 11, 2016
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently proposed an adjustment to the immigration and naturalization fee at the beginning of the upcoming fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. While the fee for naturalization will increase from $595 to $640, USCIS also proposes a partial fee waiver for immigrants making between 150 percent and 200 percent of […]
August 10, 2016
Last spring, 80 immigrants became United States citizens in Detroit at an oath ceremony hosted by the Detroit New Americans Campaign and the City of Detroit. Among those newly naturalized citizens was the Al Alwachi family, four individuals who came to the U.S. from war-torn Baghdad, Iraq. Alalwachi Foud Abdulhussein was the first in his […]
August 9, 2016
The Pew Charitable Trusts Immigration and the States Project recently published an article on the amount of support for naturalization provided by state governments. The article focuses on three states: California, Illinois, and Washington. California has a history of supporting naturalization efforts from the late ‘90s through the 2000s. This support ended in 2008 when […]
July 14, 2016
On May 4, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) published a Proposed Rule to adjust the immigration and naturalization fee schedule for the first time since 2010. We previously wrote about those proposed fee changes. The public had until July 6 to submit comments on the new proposed fees. The Naturalization Working Group, an informal […]
July 8, 2016
By Eric Cohen, Executive Director of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center This week, a bipartisan group of legislators submitted a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) addressing the proposed increase to agency fees. The New Americans Campaign is very vocal about the need to keep citizenship affordable for the nearly 9 million lawful […]
July 6, 2016
Community empowerment is the main tenant at the Southeast Asian Coalition (SEAC) in Charlotte, North Carolina. SEAC, a New Americans Campaign partner, was founded in 2011 and creates a voice for the rapidly growing Asian American community in North Carolina, particularly those from the 11 countries that make up Southeast Asia. SEAC employs a diverse […]
