Thread: Immigration closing office in East LA

Immigration closing office in East LA

The Associated Press
Posted: 11/08/2011 12:38:41 PM PST
Updated: 11/08/2011 12:38:43 PM PST

LOS ANGELES—Immigration officials say they are closing an office in East Los Angeles due to a decline in naturalization applications processed there.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says the office will close on Thursday and staff and casework assigned to East Los Angeles will be transferred to the agency's office in downtown Los Angeles.

Agency spokeswoman Mariana Gitomer says the goal is to consolidate the workload ahead of the opening of a new immigration office in San Fernando next year.

The East Los Angeles office opened in 1987 to help process applications for legalization in the largely Mexican immigrant enclave. In recent years, the office has mostly handled citizenship applications.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_19290376

LOS ANGELES—Immigration officials say they are closing an office in East Los Angeles due to a decline in naturalization applications processed there.

Maybe business has dropped off due to the fact they have realized they can get everything they want without having to go to all the trouble of applying for citizenship? They should just close all of them.

LOS ANGELES—Immigration officials say they are closing an office in East Los Angeles due to a decline in naturalization applications processed there.

The decline in applications is because everyone left in L.A. who isn't already a citizen has a felony record
and won't be eligible for citizenship.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

LOS ANGELES—Immigration officials say they are closing an office in East Los Angeles due to a decline in naturalization applications processed there.

The decline in applications is because everyone left in L.A. who isn't already a citizen has a felony record
and won't be eligible for citizenship.

You are probably right JD. East LA of all places.