<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Forwarded From:  <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noreply@washingtonpost.com">noreply@washingtonpost.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:00 AM<br>WashPost: Many immigrants in the U.S. stop midway along the path of citizenship<br>
 <br></div><div class="gmail_quote">As a follow-up to last week's discussion of English language requirement and path<br>to US citizenship I thought members of this list would be interested.  In particular it<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">shows that some immigrant groups are more diligent in their pursuit of English proficiency<br>than some others.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">H. Schiffman<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">
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          <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/many-immigrants-in-the-us-stop-midway-along-the-path-of-citizenship/2013/03/03/91b3e844-813c-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html?wpisrc=emailtoafriend" target="_blank">Many immigrants in the U.S. stop midway along the path of citizenship</a>
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          <i>By Tara Bahrampour
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        <div> For 13 years, Rafael Cohen, an immigrant from Mexico, was eligible to become a citizen of the United States. But something held him back.</div>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>
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