Immigrant rights groups blast citizenship processing backlog
By Shawn Zeller
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services bureau has failed in its efforts to reduce massive backlogs in processing applications for citizenship, according to a report card released Monday by a coalition of immigrant rights groups.
In the report card, issued by a range of organizations, the Bush administration received an A for its rhetoric on immigrants and an F for failing to decrease backlogs while also proposing to increase processing fees. The coalition gave Bush and USCIS, a Homeland Security Department agency, an "incomplete" for its efforts to revamp the test given to immigrants seeking naturalization, but warned that if the plan goes ahead as scheduled, as many as 10 percent of those who take the test will fail.
The coalition includes groups such as the New York Immigration Coalition, the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
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By Shawn Zeller
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services bureau has failed in its efforts to reduce massive backlogs in processing applications for citizenship, according to a report card released Monday by a coalition of immigrant rights groups.
In the report card, issued by a range of organizations, the Bush administration received an A for its rhetoric on immigrants and an F for failing to decrease backlogs while also proposing to increase processing fees. The coalition gave Bush and USCIS, a Homeland Security Department agency, an "incomplete" for its efforts to revamp the test given to immigrants seeking naturalization, but warned that if the plan goes ahead as scheduled, as many as 10 percent of those who take the test will fail.
The coalition includes groups such as the New York Immigration Coalition, the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
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