More MN Immigrants Apply For Citizenship

Carolyn Hileman* | January 14, 2008

Filed Under Eyes on 2008, Immigration

ST. PAUL (AP) ? The number of immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship rose to a record 14,000 last year in Minnesota, increasing wait times as foreign-born residents sought to get ahead of a fee hike and become eligible to vote. Concern about anti-immigrant sentiment also motivated some. Most of the newly minted citizens at a naturalization ceremony in St. Paul on Wednesday filled out voter registration cards after singing “The Star Spangled Banner.” “I’ve been very interested in politics, and the right to vote is important to me,” said Marat Demyanuk, a native of Belarus who has followed the presidential contest by catching TV news at the gym where he works.

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