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'I'm a little scared': Why more legal US residents are rushing to apply for citizenship
'I'm a little scared': Why more legal US residents are rushing to apply for citizenshipLegal U.S. residents across the U.S. are rushing to apply for citizenship to protect themselves from being caught up in President Donald Trump's expanding immigration crackdown, lawyers and advocates say.
The spike in interest in applying for citizenship is fueled by recent incidents involving legal permanent residents being detained by immigration authorities, including efforts by the Trump administration to deport legal permanent residents who took part in protests at Columbia University in New York.
Legal U.S. residents, especially those who were previously undocumented, say the Trump administration's immigration crackdown makes them feel increasingly uneasy, even though as green card holders they now have permission to live in the U.S. permanently.
They say they have watched with alarm as the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has rapidly expanded, focusing at first on undocumented immigrants with criminal records, but then widening to even legal immigrants, including increased scrutiny of legal permanent residents not because of crimes they may have committed that might make them deportable but for their political views and activities.
The spike in interest in applying for citizenship is fueled by recent incidents involving legal permanent residents being detained by immigration authorities, including efforts by the Trump administration to deport legal permanent residents who took part in protests at Columbia University in New York.
Legal U.S. residents, especially those who were previously undocumented, say the Trump administration's immigration crackdown makes them feel increasingly uneasy, even though as green card holders they now have permission to live in the U.S. permanently.
They say they have watched with alarm as the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has rapidly expanded, focusing at first on undocumented immigrants with criminal records, but then widening to even legal immigrants, including increased scrutiny of legal permanent residents not because of crimes they may have committed that might make them deportable but for their political views and activities.
https://news.yahoo.com/news/im-little-scared-why-more-172328273.html