More than 754,700 immigrants became U.S. citizens during President Donald Trump’s second year in office, the highest number since 2013—and the vast majority of them come from just three countries, Mexico, India, and China.
According to a spokesman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) quoted by the SFGate news service, the latest figures “followed slumping citizenship numbers during fiscal 2017, a period that includes the president’s first nine months in office, and mounting frustration from advocates who fear that the government’s ‘extreme vetting’ will prevent people from becoming citizens in time to vote in the November midterms.” Continue reading “US Gains 754,700 New Citizens in 2017—Majority from Mexico, India, and China”