Eagleton Program on Immigration and Democracy

THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS! (April 29, 2012)

kaizora — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:38:50 +0000

In four short hours, Citizenship Rutgers offered citizenship application assistance to 110 Legal Permanent Residents. “Americans by choice” who attended represented 33 distinct countries including Poland, Haiti, China, Ghana, the Philippines, Guatemala, Cuba, Mexico, Russia, Egypt, Bermuda, Ecuador, Belgium and Korean. Such concentrated diversity would be unimaginable in any almost other state besides New Jersey–any [...]

Vanessa Matthews | Citizenship Rutgers Associate

kaizora — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:44:10 +0000

THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS! (April 14)

kaizora — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:44:54 +0000

In three short hours, Citizenship Rutgers offered trained citizenship application assistance to 55 Legal Permanent Residents and their families. These “Americans by choice” came from 33 distinct countries including Haiti, Dominica, Scotland, China, Israel, the Philippines, Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico and Korea. Such diversity is almost unimaginable anywhere but New Jersey. You welcomed these individual participants [...]

Citizenship Rutgers: Jersey Roots, Global Reach

kaizora — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:51:13 +0000

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Saakshi Arora Interview

kaizora — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:33:41 +0000

Saakshi Arora, a junior at Rutgers University, recently attended a naturalization ceremony hosted by Citizenship Rutgers at the Eagleton Institute of Politics. There, she and her mother became fully naturalized citizens of the United States. Vanessa Matthews, a volunteer with Eagleton’s Program on Immigration and Democracy, interviewed Ms. Arora for a feature article in Citizenship [...]

CITIZENSHIP RUTGERS featured on RU-TV’s WAKE UP RUTGERS

kaizora — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:50:01 +0000

Anastasia Mann, director of the EPID, spoke at an interview about Citizenship Rutgers on April 19, 2012 on RU TV’s Wake Up Rutgers program. Interview happens 12:45 minutes in. Note: If the video does not work, please go to http://rutv.rutgers.edu/programming-channels/wake-rutgers and find the April 19, 2012 video.

The Future of Immigrant America…the discussion continues

kaizora — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:48:50 +0000

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), first generation American, spoke at Eagleton Institute about the potential for comprehensive immigration reform. Yvette D. Clarke “The Future of Immigrant America” 4.9.2012 at the Eagleton Institute of Politics Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ) Camera/lighting/editing: Benjamin Clapp Sound supervisor: Luke Strother ©2012 Eagleton Institute of Politics/Rutgers University Youtube link: http://youtu.be/L_btjoyOQiE

Free Citizenship Application Assistance

kaizora — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:24:05 +0000

Visiting Mexican Priest Tells Rutgers Students about the Dangers Facing Young Migrants

kaizora — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:18:03 +0000

On Thursday, February 16th, EPID and partners hosted Padre Alejandro Solalinde, a Catholic priest who works in Ciudad Ixtepec Mexico. Padre Alejandro is visiting the United States to raise awareness about the plight of migrants from Latin America. According to the National Human Rights Committee of Mexico (CNDH) more than 11,000 migrants were kidnapped in [...]

Yan Li | Web Designer

kaizora — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:33:48 +0000