Legal Immigration Increases in Texas, U.S.
If current trends continue, the federal government will approve nearly 18,000 more applications for citizenship this year than it did in 2010, according to data recently posted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The agency is also likely to deny about 3,300 fewer.
During the 2010 fiscal year, the government approved about 619,000 of what it calls the N-400, its application for naturalization. That total includes about 9,800 military applications. Authorities denied about 57,000, including 750 military applications. This year, the government is on pace to approve about 637,000 and deny about 53 ...
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Daniel Kowalski
Headline writers; can't live with 'em, could probably live without 'em. Technically, naturalization is not "immigration." Immigration is getting a "green card" (permanent residence.) Naturalization is "upgrading" from green card to U.S. citizenship. The headline for this article should be, "Naturalization Numbers Up in Texas, U.S." The existing headline led me to look in the article for green card stats, but that's not what the article is about. Headline writers: Please check with your editor or reporter or an expert before pulling the trigger. Thank you.
Ken Trout
At least they are doing it LEGALLY, the right way to come into the US! I have no problem at all with this way.
NO DREAM ACT!!!! NO AMNESTY, PERIOD!!!!
Marcus mdc
@Daniel: That clears it up for me. I was going to say that their averages don't jibe with widespread reports of multi-year waits for a green card. That's the process that needs to be streamlined if we want any real change in immigration.
Dave Mundy via Texas Tribune on Facebook
... and let me guess: the NYT writer who admitted he's an illegal alien is not among those who have applied for citizenship.
Bill Eaves via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Perry stop this BS! Who is allowing this?
Karen Hawkins via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I miss Ann Richards.
Brittanicus
Those in Washington who are discussing discretionary spending and the debt ceiling and are already planning cutting funds from National Parks and National Monuments. Thousands of Post offices are on the condemned list and states are in an equal dilemma, having to cut-back on their State parks and recreation areas and many other agencies. The post 1986 Immigration Control or Reform Act, a bloody job killing amnesty, is still resonating today and will in our future years. And now the illegal immigration has spread like a virus, so we must congratulate Legislators who cleverly placed the blind fold over America’s eyes, completely ignoring the nightmare that was to come for us all. Millions of those itinerant foreigners began the Chain Migration horror that taxpayers are now paying for.When (Fair) analyzed the cost of illegal immigration and its nationwide deficit, they came up with a stunning figure of $113 billion dollars annually, while illegal alien revenue to the government coffers was a total amount of $13Billion dollars and change.
ACCORDING TO THE MEDIA, ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE LEAVING IN DROVES FROM ARIZONA. NEW ENFORCEMENT LAWS HAVE SENT THEM PACKING AS WELL IN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. IF THEY STAY IN AMERICA AND DON'T HEAD HOME, YOU CAN BE SURE THEY WILL BE HEADING FOR THE SANCTUARY STATES OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. IF THEY ARE ECONOMIC ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, THEY WILL ALREADY BE FORAGING AROUND FOR WELFARE AND OTHER FREE ENTITLEMENTS.
Not included in these illegal foreign labor is wages leaving the country to foreign nations, estimated to be 46 Billion dollars.Our economy is sinking and the Obama administration is insisting on passage of another Amnesty failure. Heritage Foundation has stated that cost for processing , Social Security will have an expenditure of 2.5 Trillion dollars, when we are still arguing in Congress on raising our debt ceiling. Say NO to any Immigration Reform, that generates CHAIN MIGRATIONS. Say No to Sanctuary States and cities. Say No to the Dream Act, that will be another avenue of Chain Migration.
This grading of the Presidential Hopefuls is based entirely on their immigration positions. We know that voters support candidates based on any number of policy positions and personal attributes.
Currently, this is how the Hopefuls rate on immigration policy (from worst to mediocre best):
F-minus: Barack Obama
F: Ron Paul
F: Gary Johnson
F: Rick Santorum
D-minus: Newt Gingrich
D-minus: Jon Huntsman
D-minus: Rick Perry
D: Sarah Palin
D: Mitt Romney
C-minus: Herman Cain
C+: Tim Pawlenty
B-minus: Michele Bachmann
If you want the President of the United States to work for immigration policies that are good for Americans, you need to pressure the Hopefuls on this list to come up with much better platforms than they now have.
Attn: Be observant in the forthcoming elections, as immigrants and illegal aliens are voting. This is "Only" a citizens right! Go to NumbersUSA for the details.