By Julian Resendiz Border Report August 3, 2020 EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Filing for immigration benefits will cost more beginning on Oct. 2. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it has completed a review of proposed fee increases and will...
By Amy Zhang NY Times July 10, 2020 Ten minutes and an oath. That’s all that stands between me and American citizenship. After filling out a 20-page application, paying almost a thousand dollars, organizing piles of supporting documents, planning my life around five...
By Philip Marcelo AP June 4, 2020 For Albert Baraka, the ceremony outside the federal immigration office in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was brief, but life changing. The 20-year-old, who came to the country six years ago as a refugee from Congo, joined nine others...
By Marcella Corona Reno Gazette Journal May 29, 2020 Federal Chief Judge Miranda Du still remembers helping her mother study for the naturalization test. “My dad was very confident, he wouldn’t have asked us to help,” Du said. “I remember my mom being nervous about...
By Sarah Betancourt CommonWealth Magazine June 3, 2020 THE BOSTON OFFICE of the federal immigration agency that deals with the country’s naturalization process reopened today, 11 weeks after shutting down most in-person services due to the coronavirus pandemic. A...
By Ashley Lopez NPR May 28, 2020 Elizabeth Hernandez moved to the United States from Mexico almost 30 years ago and was days away from becoming an American citizen when her March 15 naturalization ceremony was canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic....
