Spotlight on Naturalization Trends: MPI’s Critique
August 6, 2009 – 10:35 am
The Migration Policy Institute’s (MPI) has published some interesting facts relating to Naturalization entitled “Spotlight on Naturalization Trends.” In this critique, author Jeanne Batalova examines foreign nationals age 18 and older who became U.S. citizens (i.e., naturalized) in 2008. It also highlights some of the trends surrounding naturalization since the 1980s. The analysis is based on the data made public by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) Annual Flow Report on the number and characteristics of foreign nationals who were naturalized in 2008, as well from tables available on the OIS website.
According to the spotlight, in 2008, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USICS) had naturalized more than 1 million lawful permanent residents, an increase of 58 percent since 2007. USCIS also denied more than 121,000 naturalization petitions in 2008 representing nearly 10.4 percent of all naturalization applications processed in 2008. The spotlight avers the sudden surge in naturalization occurred in the second half of the 1990s due to the passing of legislations in 1986 and 1996. The spotlight also states that more than 47,000 immigrant service members have become U.S. citizen since September 2001.
For complete information, please click MPI Spotlight on Naturalization Trends
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