Sharp Rise Seen in Applications for Citizenship
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New feelings of insecurity in immigrant communities are helping fuel a rise in the number of legal immigrants seeking to become U.S. citizens.
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New voters are flooding local election offices with paperwork, registering in significantly higher numbers than four years ago as attention to the presidential election runs high and an array of activist groups recruit would-be voters who could prove critical come Nov. 2...
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Last June, U.S. immigration officials were presented a plan that supporters said could help slash waiting times for green cards from nearly three years to three months and save 1 million applicants more than a third of the 45 hours they could expect to spend in government lines.
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The number of U.S. workers applying for jobless benefits rose by an unexpectedly steep 12,000 last week to 321,000, government data showed on Wednesday, but remained at levels still pointing to a healthy labor market.
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Flood of applications, financial aid changes have roiled admissions process for students and colleges.
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The number of students who applied for university courses in England has risen by over 7%,  figures show.
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The US government reveals a new set of citizenship questions to test immigrants' "passion" for the country.
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The number of students choosing to take university courses abroad has more than doubled in recent years.
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The 2006 census, released over the summer, shows a rapid rise in immigration in the past decade.
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Americans born after Dec. 1, 1964, will have to get more secure driver's licenses in the next six years under ambitious post-9/11 security rules
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Americans born after Dec. 1, 1964, will have to get more secure driver's licenses in the next six years under ambitious post-9/11 security rules to be unveiled Friday by federal officials.
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A "pupil passport" scheme in Sweden is proving popular with parents, as BBC education correspondent Mike Baker reports.
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The latest fights over immigration have focused on who should get a place in line for a legal life in the United States. But the real agony, says Tien Bui, comes when you finally get in line.
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Proposed new U.S. fee increases would make it a lot more expensive for immigrants to become citizens, a report said.  Among its proposals is one to raise the application fee for U.S.
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Defying Congress, the Department of Homeland Security is pushing to tighten identification requirements at U.S. land borders starting Jan. 31, when it no longer will allow Americans or Canadians to enter the country by presenting a driver's license or declaring their citizenship.
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Authorities unveiled 100 new questions immigrants will have to study to become American citizens.
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A record one million immigrants sought US citizenship last year so they could vote in the 2008 presidential election, overwhelming the processing offices, Hispanic groups said on Monday.