Claim: "Currently, it takes up to 25 years to obtain U.S. citizenship legally" but the Senate bill "would allow immigrants who came to the United States illegally to obtain citizenship in just 13 years."
Fact-check: Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner says it takes 25 years to obtain citizenship legally and just 13 years for illegal immigrants under Senate bill 
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Dave Umhoefer
Date published: 2013-07-07T00:00:00