▲ 350 ▼ Immigrants Are Becoming U.S. Citizens at Fastest Clip in Years: The government has reduced a backlog of applications that built up during the Trump administration. New citizens look forward to voting (www.nytimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments It's amazing what the threat of mass deportation will do
[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Oh Jesus Christ that is one hell of a perspective! I have never thought about it like that before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago It’s not cheap either, you gotta WANT it. Between application cost, prerequisite fees, and lawyers for paperwork, it’s common to be out of pocket a few grand. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BeneGesseritWitch@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* edit: oops wrong comment thread permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago It’s not cheap either, you gotta WANT it. Between application cost, prerequisite fees, and lawyers for paperwork, it’s common to be out of pocket a few grand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeneGesseritWitch@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* edit: oops wrong comment thread permalink fedilink source parent