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(USCIS Legacy Website)
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& Civil Liberties
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A MORE PERFECT UNION: A NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
January, 2007
Introductory Notes (pdf)
• In Memoriam to Margaret A. “Peggy” Dean
• About Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)
• About the Authors
• Methodology Used to Produce A More Perfect Union
• Interviewees for A More Perfect Union
Executive Summary (pdf)
Chapter 1: The Need for a National Citizenship Program (pdf)
Chapter 2: The Infrastructure of a National Citizenship Program (pdf)
Chapter 3: The Naturalization Application Process (pdf)
Chapter 4: Barriers & Challenges Posed by USCIS in the Naturalization Application Process
(pdf)
Chapter 5: Systemic Barriers to Naturalization That Congress Can Address (pdf)
Chapter 6: The Citizenship Test (pdf)
Chapter 7: Preparing Immigrant Learners for Citizenship (pdf)
Different Learners, Different Services by Lynne Weintraub
Competencies for Citizenship Teachers by An McDowell
ESL and Citizenship Program Models by Susan Wexler
In-Class Curricula Priorities for Integrated Citizenship Program Models by Gretchen Bitterlin
Current Funding of Adult Basic Education/ESL Services by Lynne Weintraub and Linda Taylor
Chapter 8: Characteristics of a Successful Local Citizenship Program (pdf)
Chapter 9: Naturalization Group Application Workshops (pdf)
Chapter 10: Recent Naturalization and Citizenship Projects: Lessons Learned for a National
Citizenship Program (pdf)
Citizenship USA
Naturalization Pilot Project in Southern California
Emma Lazarus Fund
Central Valley Partnership for Citizenship
ORR Refugee Naturalization Projects
State of Florida Refugee Naturalization Project
State of Illinois New Americans Initiative
Citizenship AmeriCorps Project
Chapter 11: Sectors of Society Supporting a National Citizenship Program (pdf)
The Executive Office of the President of the United States
The Congress
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
The Office of Citizenship
The Office of Refugee Resettlement
State Governments
City Governments
Public Libraries
Philanthropic Foundations
Research Institutions
Legal Institutions
Immigrant-Focused Nonprofit Organizations
Marketing and Outreach
Faith Communities
Civic Organizations
The Businesses Community
Labor Unions
Chapter 12: Commentaries (pdf)
Preparing Naturalization Applicants for Active and Effective Civic Participation
by Edward Kisam
From the Oath of Citizenship to the Oath of Office
by Ann Morse
Patriotic Integration is the Key to Successful Immigration
by John Fonte
Effective Integration Requires Citizenship
by Edwin B. Silverman
Justice Denied: Inadequate Legal Aid for Low-Income Persons in the United States
by Robert J. Rhudy
Expanding Naturalization by Supporting Service Providers: The Role of Legal Resource
Centers
by Eric Cohen
Investing in Our Workforce: The New Americans Initiative
by Eva Millona
A Chronology of Naturalization Funding in Maryland
by Gail Kramer Mogol
State Support for Citizenship: An Illinois Perspective
by Fred Tsao
Building Community, Building Trust: Citizenship Efforts in the Arab-American Community
by Karen Rignall
Citizenship for Seniors
by Robert Moser
Bringing Community Groups into the Citizenship Classroom in Formal Collaborations:
Lessons from Chicago
by Aliza Becker and Sandra Del Toro
Teaching Citizenship Classe
by Peter J. Slevin
TABLE OF CONTENTS
January, 2007
Introductory Notes (pdf)
• In Memoriam to Margaret A. “Peggy” Dean
• About Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)
• About the Authors
• Methodology Used to Produce A More Perfect Union
• Interviewees for A More Perfect Union
Executive Summary (pdf)
Chapter 1: The Need for a National Citizenship Program (pdf)
Chapter 2: The Infrastructure of a National Citizenship Program (pdf)
Chapter 3: The Naturalization Application Process (pdf)
Chapter 4: Barriers & Challenges Posed by USCIS in the Naturalization Application Process
(pdf)
Chapter 5: Systemic Barriers to Naturalization That Congress Can Address (pdf)
Chapter 6: The Citizenship Test (pdf)
Chapter 7: Preparing Immigrant Learners for Citizenship (pdf)
Different Learners, Different Services by Lynne Weintraub
Competencies for Citizenship Teachers by An McDowell
ESL and Citizenship Program Models by Susan Wexler
In-Class Curricula Priorities for Integrated Citizenship Program Models by Gretchen Bitterlin
Current Funding of Adult Basic Education/ESL Services by Lynne Weintraub and Linda Taylor
Chapter 8: Characteristics of a Successful Local Citizenship Program (pdf)
Chapter 9: Naturalization Group Application Workshops (pdf)
Chapter 10: Recent Naturalization and Citizenship Projects: Lessons Learned for a National
Citizenship Program (pdf)
Citizenship USA
Naturalization Pilot Project in Southern California
Emma Lazarus Fund
Central Valley Partnership for Citizenship
ORR Refugee Naturalization Projects
State of Florida Refugee Naturalization Project
State of Illinois New Americans Initiative
Citizenship AmeriCorps Project
Chapter 11: Sectors of Society Supporting a National Citizenship Program (pdf)
The Executive Office of the President of the United States
The Congress
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
The Office of Citizenship
The Office of Refugee Resettlement
State Governments
City Governments
Public Libraries
Philanthropic Foundations
Research Institutions
Legal Institutions
Immigrant-Focused Nonprofit Organizations
Marketing and Outreach
Faith Communities
Civic Organizations
The Businesses Community
Labor Unions
Chapter 12: Commentaries (pdf)
Preparing Naturalization Applicants for Active and Effective Civic Participation
by Edward Kisam
From the Oath of Citizenship to the Oath of Office
by Ann Morse
Patriotic Integration is the Key to Successful Immigration
by John Fonte
Effective Integration Requires Citizenship
by Edwin B. Silverman
Justice Denied: Inadequate Legal Aid for Low-Income Persons in the United States
by Robert J. Rhudy
Expanding Naturalization by Supporting Service Providers: The Role of Legal Resource
Centers
by Eric Cohen
Investing in Our Workforce: The New Americans Initiative
by Eva Millona
A Chronology of Naturalization Funding in Maryland
by Gail Kramer Mogol
State Support for Citizenship: An Illinois Perspective
by Fred Tsao
Building Community, Building Trust: Citizenship Efforts in the Arab-American Community
by Karen Rignall
Citizenship for Seniors
by Robert Moser
Bringing Community Groups into the Citizenship Classroom in Formal Collaborations:
Lessons from Chicago
by Aliza Becker and Sandra Del Toro
Teaching Citizenship Classe
by Peter J. Slevin
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generous support for this report.
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