Thread: Immigrants rush to become US citizens just in case Trump wins

Immigrants rush to become US citizens just in case Trump wins

By David K. Li
May 2, 2016 | 10:45am



Tens of thousands of immigrants are rushing to become US citizens for fear of being shipped out if GOP front-runner Donald Trump becomes president — and to try to keep him out of the Oval Office in the first place, immigration advocates and officials said.

Naturalization applications spiked by 14 percent in the last half of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, according to the Associated Press.

“There is fear of a Trump presidency,” said Maria Ponce of iAmerica Action, a Washington-based immigrant rights group that is teaming up with other organizations to help those seeking citizenship as part of a national “Stand Up To Hate” campaign.

Trump has risen to the top of GOP polls, promising to build a wall to keep illegal immigrants from Mexico out, and calling for a prohibition against Muslims entering the United States.

The leading Republican presidential candidate has pledged to deport 11 million people living in the US illegally.

“Trump is dividing us as a country,” said Edgar Ospina, owner of a small flooring and kitchen remodeling company in south Florida, who only recently applied for citizenship despite moving to the US from Colombia in 1990.

“He’s so negative about immigrants. We’ve got to speak up.”

There are almost 9 million green-card holders who are eligible to become US citizens and 4 million of them are Hispanic.

“When immigrant communities feel they are under attack, they react with a large number of eligible immigrants becoming citizens and a large number of eligible citizens becoming voters,” said Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), who mocked Trump’s slogan, suggesting it was really: “Make America Hate Again.”

Legal permanent residents are eligible to become citizens if they’ve been in the country for five years, fill out a 21-page application form, submit to fingerprinting, pass a civics and English test and shell out $700 in fees.

The immigrants who only recently started their citizenship application process are cutting it close if they want to vote in November’s presidential election.

The processing for a citizenship application in New York City, for example, now takes eight months, a US Citizenship and Immigration Services customer service rep said on Monday.

The deadline to register to vote for November’s general election is Oct. 14 in New York state. But if a prospective voter gains his or her citizenship a little after Oct. 14, then that new American has until Oct. 29 to get on Empire State voter rolls.

With Post wires

http://nypost.com/2016/05/02/immigra...se-trump-wins/

I think people who are eligible for citizenship and who want to become US citizens should become US citizens.

“When immigrant communities feel they are under attack, they react with a large number of eligible immigrants becoming citizens and a large number of eligible citizens becoming voters,” said Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), who mocked Trump’s slogan, suggesting it was really: “Make America Hate Again.”

That is a lie, Luis. Immigrants want to become US citizens during election years so they can vote for the phenomenon. This year they're becoming US citizens so they can vote for Donald J Trump and make America great again. Legal immigrants have no affinity or love for illegal aliens. Illegal aliens compete with legal immigrants for jobs, housing, small businesses, and benefits.

Besides, once legal immigrants become citizens, they are no longer part of the "immigrant community", they are US citizens and part of the people of the United States. And really, with all the protests and ugliness coming from the illegal alien and sympathizers community, if I were a legal immigrant I would want to distance myself from all THAT as quickly as possible. After all, it could be bad for business and your job status.

I may be wrong, but I think most immigrants "rushing" to secure their citizenship in the United States are doing so to join the excitement and historic movement of Donald J Trump to fix our country, secure our borders, fix our trade deals, so we can bring our jobs, investment and money back home where they belong and put 94 million jobless Americans back to work.

Why would new citizens of the United States view our country and what it needs any differently than natural born citizens? Do they not want a healthy and wealthy United States to live in? Do they not want a peaceful nation free of foreign war costs and Muslim terrorists blowing up their schools, work places and public events? Do they not want a nation with domestic tranquility free of illegal aliens waving Mexican flags and giving Americans the finger as they suck down welfare and run up the costs of our government?

I think the arrogance and misguided drug-cartel backed agenda of Luis Guiterrez will be considered silly by most immigrants eligible for US citizenship. But regardless of who new citizens vote for, it will not be because they are illegal aliens, because illegal aliens are not eligible for citizenship in the United States.

the green cards that a joke they should not have that green card at all mexico is Piss off at trump
why he tell it like it is . & they don't like that TB it true .every word he said why you come over to our country & get every thing free & who pay for this we do . you have our job's food stamp free med you name it you got it & we have to pay. Obama let you all get away with murder
im still out of work . we have illegal immigrant . In Pa every town . not only in Pa the nyc also
Obama came in to the wh he should have close the border down . right away . but no
as obama said trump is not Seriously ( that joke trump is more Seriously . then you ever be)

trump is for our country . & yes we all want our country back . & fast . every one kick trump down . that ok he kick back . so mexcio don't be so sad when trump tell you like it is
I see he right
Good luck trump

southBronx wrote:

trump is for our country . & yes we all want our country back . & fast . every one kick trump down . that ok he kick back . so mexcio don't be so sad when trump tell you like it is

That's it in a nutshell, southBronx!! VERY WELL SAID!!

Ty judy
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