It means more than just a passport and the right to vote. Naturalized citizens have chosen voluntarily to adopt the ideals and aspirations of their fellow citizens. When someone who is not a citizen by birth chooses to naturalize it also honors all those who are already US citizens. ILW.COM has added to the Immigrant Shop a new section of citizenship books, cassette tapes and videos. Most are offered in Cambodian, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese versions.
Many people choose to complete the process on their own without the aid of a lawyer.
ILW.COM and the citizenship books and videos can help. The 1998 Statistical Yearbook of the INS contains close to 300 pages of facts and figures on immigrants, refugees, asylees, nonimmigrants, naturalizations, enforcement, and estimates of illegal immigrants. According to academics and corporate officials who have followed the local hirings the area is quite possibly second only to Silicon Valley in California as a magnet for the prized H-1B workers. According to the Washington Post, provoked by widespread social, political and economic problems, large numbers of South Americans are planting roots in foreign lands while sowing fears back home of a professional brain drain and broken families. No more repeated calls to your attorney about your case status.