People Are Being Turned Away From Their Citizenship Ceremonies
time.com
Naturalization ceremonies across the country are being canceled at the last moment as part of Trump’s crackdown.

Lawyers for legal aid groups and individuals seeking citizenship have reported across the country that their naturalization interviews and oath ceremonies have been cancelled, some at the last moment as they waited in line.

These cancellations, at the last stage of a bureaucratic journey that can last for years, have caused chaos and confusion for thousands of immigrants who did everything by the book.

The cancellations stem from sweeping new restrictions on legal immigration introduced by Donald Trump in the aftermath of the killing of a National Guardsman in Washington, D.C., particularly targeting immigrants hailing from the 19 countries listed in a June White House proclamation that imposed new travel and visa restrictions on countries “of concern.”

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    10 months ago

    It was always bullshit when reactionaries said they want people to come here the “right way.”

    It was always a way to pretend like they weren’t raging racist assholes.

  • clockwork_octopus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    10 months ago

    although the ceremony cancellations have been in direct response to the National Guard shooting, he believes the new restrictions have “nothing to do with the shooting,” and more to do with the expressed denaturalization priorities of the Administration

    Seriously, this

    • ccunning@lemmy.world
      89·
      10 months ago

      These people are already legal permanent residents and have lived here for years. Many may not have homes to go back to. This is in no way a “blessing”.

      • Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world
        55·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, that’s spoken like someone who hasn’t had to wait, pay, fight, stress, kiss ass, and pray that their paperwork goes through for fucking YEARS. Complete ignorance of the process and how painful and slow it is. And for someone who by that point has probably established a life here and may or may not have ties to their birth country anymore or may have fled their birth country.