Seems these illegals are worried they might have to leave, oh wait a minute what were they doing here to start with??



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060510/ap_ ... N5bmNhdA--

LOS ANGELES - Juana Elba Benitez is studying for the U.S. citizenship test she failed eight years ago — an exam the 75-year-old native of
El Salvador swore she would never take again.

Then she learned that Congress was debating a crackdown on illegal immigrants, and Benitez worried that legal residents like her might be next. So she is memorizing the first 13 states and who said "Give me liberty or give me death," all to be able to vote.

"Every day the laws are getting more rigid," says Benitez, poring over an American history study guide alongside about 40 students at a social services center for Hispanic immigrants. "I'm afraid that one day they might say, `A green card isn't good enough. Whoever isn't a citizen is out of here.'"

Citizenship applications among legal immigrants are up nearly 20 percent over last year.

Organizers are aggressively reaching out to the estimated 8 million-plus legal immigrants who are eligible to apply but haven't done so. Ultimately, they hope to turn these immigrants and those who have already become citizens into a powerful political bloc, launching nationwide campaigns this week to sign up 1 million new voters by the fall.