Current Events > Citizenship application backlog skyrocketed under Trump.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/citizenship-application-backlog-skyrocketed-under-trump-report-finds-n888146

The backlog of pending applications for immigrants legally in the country trying to become U.S. citizens has skyrocketed under President Donald Trump, according to a new report from an immigrant rights organization.

There were nearly 730,000 pending naturalization applications as of the end of last year, a more than 87 percent increase since 2015 under President Barack Obama, according to the report from the National Partnership for New Americans, an alliance of immigrants' rights groups.

The Trump admin has built a second wall that prevents legal immigrants in the U.S. from becoming voting U.S. citizens, Joshua Hoyt, executive director of the partnership, told NBC News.

He said the backlog at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services means processing rates have reached as high as 20 months, raising concerns in a critical mid-term election year that some people will be unable to vote. Last year, over 925,000 people applied for U.S. citizenship, according to the report.

They may be waiting for as much of 20 months after submitting a 21-page application, paid the $730 fee, submitted their fingerprints for a security a check and then sat and waited to take an exam, he said.

This is either absolute gross incompetence affecting close to a million legal immigrants who want to become U.S. citizens, or it is an intentional second wall that is designed to slow the pace at which lawfully present immigrants can become voters, he said.

foreign voters terrify trump and republicans after they made them out to be the enemy.
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This is the reason why I'm leaving the country at the end of the month.
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Ray_Dorset posted...

This is the reason why I'm leaving the country at the end of the month.

i'm sorry to hear that. the path to citizenship is far harder than it should be and good people suffer because of it.
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dreamvoid posted...

This is either absolute gross incompetence affecting close to a million legal immigrants who want to become U.S. citizens, or it is an intentional second wall that is designed to slow the pace at which lawfully present immigrants can become voters, he said.

It's the second.
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bump.
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so trump is racist
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I was specifically told it was just about illegal immigrants.
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Antifar posted...

I was specifically told it was just about illegal immigrants.

"The wall will have a big, beautiful door." The "beautiful" presumably referring to a sign to hang on it that says "No brown people".
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Fuck. It's like they should've done this earlier.
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E32005 posted...

so trump is racist

Oooooooh you said the r-word!!

So people can't even get in the legal way under Trump's administration

dreamvoid posted...

Ray_Dorset posted...

This is the reason why I'm leaving the country at the end of the month.

i'm sorry to hear that. the path to citizenship is far harder than it should be and good people suffer because of it.

It's for my wife, and yes it ridiculous how long it takes.
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BLAKUboy posted...

Antifar posted...

I was specifically told it was just about illegal immigrants.

"The wall will have a big, beautiful door." The "beautiful" presumably referring to a sign to hang on it that says "No brown people".

Sounds about right

Is it possible that there are just more people going the legal route which is causing a pile up of applications? I don't really know much about how the system works.
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It's funny because people will still argue that Trump himself isn't racist, he's just doing this stuff in order to appease his supporters or whatever.

As if it makes any difference whether or not he's doing it for himself or his clearly racist supporters. The people whose lives are being ruined don't care.
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Relient_K posted...

Is it possible that there are just more people going the legal route which is causing a pile up of applications? I don't really know much about how the system works.

Or maybe they really want to be Americans despite the news. Hmmm
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Trump has too many other priorities to worry about overhauling/streamlining the legal immigration process, obv

like whining about asylum seekers or "unfair" trade imbalances

No way.
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Relient_K posted...

Is it possible that there are just more people going the legal route which is causing a pile up of applications? I don't really know much about how the system works.

well, there's always been a bit of a waiting period, but considering that it's run out of the Department of Homeland Security and ultimately reports to Trump, it's pretty obvious that his advisors are either deliberately holding back the logistical issues involved, or they've told Trump and he just doesn't give a shit

It's just more people wanting to get in now that Wheelin Dealin Donnie is in the MAGA zone
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Green card holders scared that they might not be renewed. My father has been a permanent resident for over 30 years and doesnt really care at this point if he gets revoked.

My other friend has had his for 10 years and still hasnt gotten a new green card because his old one expired this June. He was supposed to have an interview last year but they are so backed up. He missed out on going to Jamaica because he literally cant leave the country.
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Voter suppression at its most blatant.
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