More Immigrants Want Citizenship, Voting Rights

“Efforts by Congress and local governments to crack down on illegal immigration - and the protests that followed those efforts - have produced a surge of interest in learning how to become a U.S. citizen.

More of the nation’s 8 million legal immigrants are showing up at citizenship classes and seminars sponsored by churches and community groups.

“I didn’t think it was important before, but now I think it’s very important to be a citizen,” Leonida Santana said during a break in a Saturday morning class discussion about the separation of powers among Congress, the president and the courts.”

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