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Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets (2014)

The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has released all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States (Overall), for a total of fifty-two updated fact sheets with accompanying info graphics and other details. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants, Asians and Latinos in each state. The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) is the research and policy division of the American Immigration Council (AIC).

As Washington D.C. continues the discussion of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this IPC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on four states at a time. This week we will highlight; Florida, Georgia, Hawaii and Idaho.

Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets (2014)

The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has released all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States (Overall), for a total of fifty-two updated fact sheets with accompanying info graphics and other details. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants, Asians and Latinos in each state. The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) is the research and policy division of the American Immigration Council (AIC).

As Washington D.C. continues the discussion of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this IPC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on four states at a time. This week we will highlight; California, Colorado, Connecticut and Delaware.

Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets (2014)

The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has released all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States (Overall), for a total of fifty-two updated fact sheets with accompanying info graphics and other details. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants, Asians and Latinos in each state. The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) is the research and policy division of the American Immigration Council (AIC).

As Washington D.C. continues the discussion of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this IPC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on four states at a time. This week we will highlight; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona and Arkansas.

From June 30th to July 4th, the USCIS held over 100 naturalization ceremonies across the U.S. to help celebrate the 4th of July holiday! Nearly 9000 new citizens were administered the Oath of Allegiance during these ceremonies. USCIS Acting Director Lori Scialabba stated, “We’re honored to celebrate Independence Day by welcoming new U.S. citizens at ceremonies across the United States.”

There are photos and remarks about the different ceremonies and the experiences of some of these new citizens on Twitter and other social media, just search hashtag #newUScitizen to find them.

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On Saturday, April 26, 2014, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) sponsored “Citizenship Day 2014”. “Citizenship Day 2014” was a one day workshop held at more than 50 sites across the United States. The workshop provided free or low cost legal assistance to income qualified Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR) who are eligible and would like to become naturalized U.S. citizens.

A Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) is any person not a citizen of the United States who is residing the in the U.S. legally as an immigrant, often called a “Green Card Holder”.

MVP Law Group’s Managing Attorney, Kellie Lego served as Site Coordinator for the Chinese Community Church in Washington, DC. This was the first year in which AILA partnered with the DC Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs and the Chinese Community Center to host the workshop at the CCC. Kellie also served as a member of the AILA Citizenship Day Committee for the DC Chapter of AILA. On this committee, she fulfilled the role of Volunteer Coordinator for all of the nine (9) different workshop sites across the DMV – District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

As of May 5, 2014, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will ONLY ACCEPT the most recent version of Form N-400, Application for Naturalization (edition date 9/13/2013). All previous versions of Form N-400 will be rejected and returned if received after Sunday, May 4, 2014. Remember that you can find the edition date at the bottom of the form. The most recent version of Form N-400 consists of 21 pages.

For more information about becoming a Naturalization U.S. citizen, please review the USCIS web page, “A Guide to Naturalization“.

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will be presenting a teleconference on the revised form N-400, Application for Naturalization. This teleconference will take place on Thursday, February 20, 2014 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EST). This free session will provide an overview of the revisions made to form N-400, which was released on February 4, 2014. The USCIS will also entertain questions on the subject.

The revised Form N-400 contains:

– Clearer and more comprehensive instructions;