Fwd: WashPost: Many immigrants in the U.S. stop midway along the path of citizenship

[Raquel Sanchez]

This article doesn't address diligence in English language acquisition; it
discusses the complex reasons why some legal immigrants decide to pursue
naturalization or not.  We must be careful not to conflate the issues of
language and geography.  The article does not say that Latin American
immigrants are less proficient in English than others, just that they
naturalize at a lower rate.  This is due to the proximity of the home
country and the possibility of traveling back and forth to visit relatives
and perhaps retire.  The article suggests that immigration policy is
pushing more people to naturalize than in the past.


On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Harold Schiffman <haroldfs at gmail.com> wrote:

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> WashPost: Many immigrants in the U.S. stop midway along the path of
> citizenship
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> As a follow-up to last week's discussion of English language requirement
> and path
> to US citizenship I thought members of this list would be interested.  In
> particular it
> shows that some immigrant groups are more diligent in their pursuit of
> English proficiency
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