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  • Latinos Seek Citizenship in Time for Voting (La Raza joins lawsuit against US govt)

    03/07/2008 8:22:22 AM PST · by Liz · 62 replies · 373+ views
    NY TIMES ^ | March 7, 2008 | JULIA PRESTON
    A lawsuit filed in federal court by Latino immigrants seeks to force immigration authorities to complete hundreds of thousands of stalled naturalization petitions in time to vote in November. The class-action suit was brought by the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund on behalf of legal Hispanic immigrants in the New York City area who are eager to vote.....The suit demands that the agency meet a nationwide deadline of Sept. 22 to complete any naturalization petitions filed by March 26. Latino groups hope to summon the clout of the federal courts to compel the Bush administration to reduce a...