A number of resource organizations for immigrants has just received
$1.2 million dollars in federal funding to help legal residents become
U.S. citizens. Thirteen organizations around the U.S. received up to
$100,000 each to help increase the amount of green card holders they
are able to help increase English skills, learn about U.S. history and
government and ready themselves for the U.S. naturalization test.
These funds, given to Dallas’ Catholic Charities Immigration and Legal
Services, San Francisco’s Jewish Family and Children’s Services, North
Carolina’s Lutheran Family Services, Rhode Island’s Progreso Latino and
other organizations, are, according to the federal government only to
be used to provide direct services to legal residents of the U.S. The
announcement was made on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.
