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Pew Hispanic Center: Great Increase in Naturalization Rates

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The Pew Hispanic Center, in a report (here) by Jeffrey S. Passel, found that the proportion of all legal foreign-born residents who have become naturalized U.S. citizens rose to 52% in 2005, the highest level in a quarter of a century and a 14 percentage point increase since 1990, according to an analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center. Mexicans still have a comparatively lower tendency to become U.S. citizens, but the number of naturalized citizens from Mexico rose by 144% from 1995 to 2005–the sharpest increase among immigrants from any major sending country.

For the N.Y. Times report on the study, click here.

KJ