National Partnership for New Americans Media Coverage

The Partnership's 2012 National Immigrant Integration Conference, hosted by CASA de Maryland, was a huge success and received lots of local and national media coverage. Check out some of the television, radio, online, and print coverage that highlighted the conference and the work that immigrant integration advocates and practitioners do every day to ensure that immigrants have the opportunity to become integral members of the communities they call home. NIIC 2012 complete media list.

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Richard Jones, Cost of Citizenship Lays Heavy Financial Burden on Green Card Holders,
El Hispanic News, March 7, 2013

Nurturing Naturalization Report Launch

Manuel Pastor, Nurturing Naturalization, Huffington Post, February 28, 2013

Seth Daniel, Immigrant Permanent Residents Not Becoming Citizens: Conglomeration of Groups Calls on Feds, Congress to Lower Application Fees, Chelsea Record, February 21

Para Muchos es Muy Caro Hacerse Ciudadano de EE (For Many, it is too Expensive to Become a U.S. Citizen), Radio La Primerisima, February 16, 2013 

Pat Schneider, Studies Say Cost, Language are Obstacles to Citizenship for ‘Green Card’ Holders, The Capital Times, February 16, 2013

Doris Nhan, Could Naturalizing All Eligible Immigrants Push Our GDP to $52B?, National Journal, February 15, 2013

Jaime García, Para Muchos es Muy Caro Hacerse Ciudadano- con video (For Many it is Very Expensive to Become a Citizen- with video), Univision Noticias, February 15, 2013

Piden Reducir las Tasas Para la Ciudadanía a Inmigrantes de Bajos Recursos (They Ask for Lower Rates for Citizenship to Immigrants from Low-Income), EFE (Diario Las Americas), February 15, 2013

Investment in Citizenship Will Strengthen Country, Assist Promising Americans Now Priced Out, National Immigration Forum, February 14, 2013 

Leslie Berestein Rojas, Are steep fees discouraging immigrants from becoming US citizens?, Southern California Public Radio, February 14, 2013

Lornet Turnbull, High fees may block path to U.S. citizenship, The Seattle Times, February 14, 2013

Piden Reducción de Precios Para los Trámites de Ciudadanía (They Ask for Lower Prices for Citizenship Procedures), El Tiempo Latino, February 14, 2013 

Pilar Marrero, Para Muchos es Muy Caro Hacerse Ciudadano (For Many it’s Very Expensive to Become a Citizen), La Opinión, February 14, 2013

Press Conference Explores Why Immigrants Can’t Afford to Naturalize, SAMPAN, February 14, 2013

 

Previous Media Coverage

Citizenship Clinic Draws Big Crowd In Wake Of Election, NewsChannel5, November 10, 2012

Nuevos Ciudadanos Hispanoamericanos Votan por Primera vez en Tennessee (New Hispanic Citizens Vote for the First Time in Tennessee), Hola! Tennessee, November 6, 2012

Steven Hale, Undocumented Immigrants Urge Citizens to Use Something they Desperately Want: The Right to Vote, Nashville Scece, November 1, 2012

Immigrant Integration: How Foreign-Born Workers Compare To U.S. Citizens (INFOGRAPHIC), Huffington Post, August 28, 2012

Mike Gleason, Coffee Brings Cultures Together in Milford, The Milford Daily News, August 15, 2012

Hyacinth Alvaran, Summer Success: Nearly 700 Immigrants Apply for Citizenship, Human Rights Campaign, August 10, 2012

Mike Gleason, Milford Church Hosts Workshops for Immigrants on Citizenship, The Milford Daily News, July 29, 2012

Christina Veiga, Volunteers to Help Immigrants Apply for Citizenship in Homestead, Miami Herald, July 24, 2012

John Presta, Mayor Emanuel Announces Initiative to Assist Eligible Immigrants for Citizenship, The Examiner, June 7, 2012

Alcalde de Chicago Rahm Emanuel-Especial Ceremonia de Ciudadanía (Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel - Special Citizenship Ceremony), Telemundo Chicago, June 6, 2012

Alcalde de Chicago Rahm Emanuel-Ceremonia de Naturalización en la Alcaldía (Ceremony of Naturalization in the Mayor's Office), Univision Chicago, June 6, 2012

Hágase Ciudadano Estadounidense Gratis con TIRRC (Become a U.S. Citizen Free with TIRRC), Hola! Tennessee, June 2012

Heidi Hall, Citizenship Journey in Tennessee Goes Smoother with a Little Help, The Tennessean, May 17, 2012

Perla Trevizo, Immigrants Eye Political Power, Times Free Press (Chattanooga), April 30, 2012

Rodrique Ngowi, Naturalization Push Ahead of November Election, The Associated Press, April 21, 2012

Florida’s New Americans, Caribbean National Weekly, March 30, 2012

Sandra Lilley, Groups form National Citizenship Drive, NBC Latino, March 26, 2012

Brad Petrishen, Immigrants Get Help Becoming Citizens in Framingham Church, MetroWest Daily News (Framingham), March 25, 2012

Florida New Americans: New Citizenship Program in South Florida, South Florida Caribbean News, March 23, 2012

Chris Thomas, 'Citizenship Academies' Begin in WA, Public News Service (Radio), March 22, 2012

Danielle Ameden, Citizenship Workshop for immigrants in Framingham, MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, MA), March 18, 2012 

시민권 신청서 작성 도와드려요 (Helping with Citizenship applications), The Korea Times (Los Angeles), March 9, 2012

"시민권 신청 무료로 해드려요" (Free Citizenship application assistance), Korea Daily (Los Angeles), March 8, 2012

Felicia Escobar, Building a Stronger Democracy Through Immigrant Integration, White House – Domestic Policy Council, November 4, 2011