Last week CARECEN held another Citizenship Day, this time in Brentwood. Every time we have offered free citizenship help in places like Brentwood, Hempstead, and Westbury we hear the same thing-“We want a voice.” As immigration reform has been replaced by immigrant bashing in the House of Representatives, permanent residents are coming to us in record numbers to fill out their applications for citizenship. Last night my colleague Elise Damas was on Telemundo speaking about CARECEN’s free citizenship services. Today 24 people got in touch with us to begin the naturalization process.
Immigrants tell us that they don’t just want to be citizens, they also want to be voters. As one woman told us last week, “If we vote, they have to listen to us.”
If you need free help applying for citizenship, call CARECEN at 516-489-8330.
