Citizenship clinic draws a crowd



By Leslie Berestein
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

July 13, 2008

DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO – Abel Moreno sat at a table yesterday at the National Council of La Raza convention, answering questions from a volunteer at a citizenship clinic.
Is his wife a U.S. citizen? Yes. How long have they been married? Thirteen years.



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Volunteer Maria Blanco helped fill out a citizenship application yesterday for Isaias Hernandez Duran (left), who was with his son, Esteban Duran.
Moreno, a maintenance engineer at a downtown hotel, became eligible for U.S. citizenship in 1998. But between work and raising two children, the legal permanent resident said he kept putting it off for “tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow.â€