Hurry! Get those New Americans their citizenship before September 2016 (government grants fueling the process)
Since I’ve been fixated on the Obama plan to replace (old) Americans with New Americans. You know the “seedling” plan! And, then we learned that there is even a non-profit group funded by big money foundations also pushing for immigrants to get their legal permanent resident status swapped for citizenship called the New Americans Campaign, you should know that your tax dollars are fueling the process!
As if it’s any surprise, we learned in our previous post that immigrants most often vote for the Democratic Party!
Citizenship class in Maryland run jointly by Casa de Maryland and AmeriCorps. Your tax dollars at work!
From the Dept. of Homeland Security (USCIS) comes this pipeline flowing with your money to ‘non-profits’ to get those immigrants signed up pronto! before a deadline of September 2016 (gee, I wonder what the rush might be!). (hat tip: Richard at Blue Ridge Forum):
Citizenship and Integration Grant Program
On Sept. 18, 2014, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the award of nearly $10 million in grants to 40 organizations that will help permanent residents prepare and apply for U.S. citizenship. Located in 24 states and the District of Columbia, these organizations will receive federal funding to support citizenship preparation services for permanent residents through September 2016.
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Grant recipients are public or private nonprofit organizations with recent experience providing citizenship instruction and naturalization application services to permanent residents. They include public school systems, community and faith-based groups, adult education organizations, and literacy organizations.
Recipient organizations are geographically diverse and represent both traditional immigrant destinations and new immigrant gateways across 24 states and the District of Columbia. Grant recipients plan to provide citizenship instruction and naturalization application services to approximately 22,000 permanent residents from more than 50 countries. Grant recipients represent:
Eighteen of the top 20 states with the largest permanent resident populations (California, New York, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona, Ohio, Minnesota, Colorado, and Connecticut);
Eight of the top 10 metropolitan areas with the most new permanent residents in the past 10 years (New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, greater Washington, Chicago, Houston, Boston, and Atlanta); and
Nine of the top 10 states with the most naturalizations over the last two years (California, New York, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia and Pennsylvania).
So who are the groups with their hands out to the feds through this one program (obviously, AmeriCorps has another funding stream). We recognize many refugee resettlement contractors on the list.
FY 2014 Grant Recipients
Grant recipients are (in alphabetical order):
| ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
| Asian Counseling and Referral Service | Seattle, Wash. |
| Asian Services in Action, Inc. | Akron, Ohio |
| Baltimore City Community College | Baltimore, Md. |
| Boat People SOS, Inc. | Houston, Texas |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa, Calif. |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Stockton | Stockton, Calif. |
| Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas | Overland Park, Kan. |
| Catholic Charities of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties | San Bernardino, Calif. |
| Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County | San Jose, Calif. |
| Catholic Migration Services, Inc. | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Center for People in Need | Lincoln, Neb. |
| Central American Resource Center | Washington, D.C. |
| Chinese American Service League, Inc. | Chicago, Ill. |
| Church World Service, Inc. | Greensboro, N.C. |
| City of Littleton | Littleton, Colo. |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Colombian American Service Association | Miami, Fla. |
| Council for the Spanish Speaking, Inc. | Milwaukee, Wis. |
| Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon | Portland, Ore. |
| Federation Employment and Guidance Services, Inc. | New York, N.Y. |
| Fresno Unified School District | Fresno, Calif. |
| Hartford Public Library | Hartford, Conn. |
| Hispanic Unity of Florida, Inc. | Hollywood, Fla. |
| Hope Community Center, Inc. | Apopka, Fla. |
| Horizon Cross Cultural Center | Orange, Calif. |
| International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit | Detroit, Mich. |
| International Rescue Committee, Inc. | Atlanta, Ga. |
| International Rescue Committee, Inc. | Glendale, Calif. |
| International Rescue Committee, Inc. | Miami, Fla. |
| Jewish Family and Children’s Service | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Jewish Family and Children’s Service | Waltham, Mass. |
| Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, S.D. |
| Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest | Tucson, Ariz. |
| Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Nashville Adult Literacy Council, Inc. | Nashville, Tenn. |
| Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights | New York, N.Y. |
| Refugee Aid Project | San Antonio, Texas |
| World Relief Corporation of National Association of Evangelicals | Wheaton, Ill. |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area, Inc. |
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