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Federal Lawsuit Seeks Decision on Citizenship Applications Delayed for Years

June 5th, 2008
by VJ News

The Florida Immigration Advocacy Center filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday accusing the federal government of excessive delays in processing citizenship applications.

Federal law requires that the agency process those applications within four months of the naturalization interview, the lawsuit says.

Ten South Florida applicants have met the legal requirements of citizenship, but have been waiting from two to four years for a decision because of FBI background checks, according the lawsuit, which was filed in US district court in Miami.

The plaintiffs are asking the court to require the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, the agency that handles the naturalization process, to finalize their applications within 90 days.

“They followed all of this country’s rules to achieve the most prized benefit of U.S. citizenship,” said Cheryl Little, the center’s executive director. “Yet they remain in legal limbo.”

… full article via SunSentinel.com.

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