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Citizenship Delays Will Impact Election

Posted Nov 22, 07 4:12 AM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – Hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have applied for US citizenship will not have those applications processed in time to vote in the 2008 election. The Department of Homeland Security failed to fully prepare for a massive increase in applications filed to beat a widely publicized fee increase that took effect over the summer, reports the Washington Post.

"These are people who want to be Americans," said one congresswoman. "Not to allow them to participate in one of the fundamental rights of a democracy is a real problem." A federal official said the demand for citizenship "went off the charts."
Source: Washington Post

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