USCIS Form N-648
beautiful, thank you
That's harsh.
Agreed. I tend to be tongue in cheek pretty often. I assume if it was that debiliting though the OP wouldn't have needed to ask.
there is a world of difference. The two biggies are protection from deportation, and the ability to immigrate your relatives. In addition, you can get a US passport, vote in elections, some jobs are only open to US citizens etc. I didn't mention this above, but sometimes the best therapy for a patient is to get citizenship. It can remove the uncertainty and insecurity regarding their status in the country, and also frees people to travel without the fear of not being readmitted to the country.
Oh, interesting. My mother is a legal alien and has lived here in the US for 35 years (actually more, not exactly sure...but at least 35) and for some reason has never wanted to get US citizenship. I guess I always thought of it as being similar to citizenship in that she pays into Social Security and will collect Social Security and can work, etc. Nothing's ever seemed that different. Both my dad and I have encouraged her to get citizenship at different points, usually when US politics starts to sound a bit jingoistic (as they are with one particular candidate right now). She's from Sweden so there's not really the same hostility that people of other ethnicities could potentially face. I can't even remember what particular event it was that made me kind of paranoid and wanting her to get citizenship. I have such a bad memory. Maybe it was something in the Patriot Act. I can't remember now. But I do remember a couple of times when I thought it would have been a good idea. I always ask her about politics and if she wishes she could vote but she's very apolitical. I'm very lucky to have dual citizenship. In the back of my head, my Swedish passport is my get-out-dodge ticket if anything ever goes majorly south in the US.
