USCIS and Los Angeles Announce Immigrant Integration Partnership
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Los Angeles have announced the immigration integration partnership program. This partnership program used citizenship awareness, education, and outreach to strengthen the immigration integration efforts. This partnership program had a free citizenship information session and naturalization workshop scheduled on January 30, 2010 at Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez learning center in Northeast Los Angeles. The Los Angeles District Director, Jane Arellano was available for the interaction and question and answer sessions.
The director of U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Alejandro Mayorkas commented that citizenship is a key to create opportunities, strengthen communities and allow immigrants to become legal members of the nation. He also added that it was an honor to partner with the Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in serving the public to help them receive their citizenships.
The Los Angeles residents attended a series of well-planned citizenship information sessions and other activities. The activities included broadcasting of USCIS educational materials with respect to U.S. citizenship and immigration process at facilities in the city. This program was targeted to create awareness among capable residents about citizenship rights, responsibilities, and the naturalization process.
Los Angeles is the second largest city with a diverse population with immigrants who come from140 countries and speak 224 languages. Mayor Villaraigosa stated that the city of Los Angeles will open the economical opportunities to diligent immigrants and their families. This immigration integration partnership with U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is to educate and encourage the Angelenos to become American citizens. As the first city to enter into this partnership with USCIS, Los Angeles decided to work hard to strengthen the local immigration integration process. This immigration integration partnership program will be in effect for two years and the USCIS will continue to assess the efficacy of the program to replicate the same in other locations.