Immigrants seeking vote create backlog

Julia Moreno has been following the presidential campaign and studying the issues. She has even chosen her favorite candidate: “La Señora Clinton.”

Moreno, a legal immigrant from Guatemala who came to Los Angeles more than 30 years ago, applied for citizenship this summer so she would be able to vote - starting with the 2008 presidential election.

But U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced recently that green card holders who applied after June 1 could have to wait 16 to 18 months for their applications to be processed. For Moreno, that means she probably won’t be able to cast her ballot for president.”*

*From: http://www.mercurynews.com
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