US Citizenship Podcast: CCAE Central Follow Up

Saturday, November 4, 2023

CCAE Central Follow Up

This is a follow-up to some of the questions asked at CCAE Central ESL, ABE, and Civics Breakout Group. f I missed anything or if you have further questions, please contact me at jgagliardi@musd.org. Thank you, Visalia, for your warm hospitality!

NOTE the Oct 17-18 2023 NIICE: National Immigrant Integration & Citizenship Education Conference and the Nov 1 Naturalization Test Overview focused on naturalizing LPRs.

The NIICE conf focused on providing tools and data to assist CBOs to prepare applicants for their interview (see below). I will post further info from the NIICE conf on LINCS.ed.gov Civics Education and Citizenship group.

Central California was proudly represented by PaoYang, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Fresno Center and USCIS Citizenship Ambassador (volunteer role) (video); more USCIS Citizenship Ambassadors

The Nov 1 webinar focused on eligibility and clearly delineated the components of the Naturalization interview that CBOs need. At the end of the Nov 1 webinar, there was a comment from a USCIS officer that the Naturalization Test Redesign Pilot has been put on hold.

USCIS Naturalization Statistics

Naturalization Statistics

Find data on the population of recently naturalized.

Naturalization Test Performance

Find data on applicants' performance on the Naturalization Test.

Eligible to Naturalize Data

Find data on those eligible to naturalize.

Eligible to Naturalize Dashboard

The Eligible to Naturalize Dashboard displays data on the population of lawful permanent residents (LPRs) who may be eligible to naturalize.

USCIS LPRs Eligible to Naturalize Factsheets:

USCIS is committed to providing more information on the eligible to naturalize population. This fact sheet provides information on select characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status, also known as Green Card holders in the following California area:

TESOL

TESOL Policy Recommendations for the 118th Congress

Google slides--make a copy and modify it for your Congress person or school board meeting. Most of the text was taken directly from the TESOL Advocacy Center. USCIS LPR stats are used on slide 19 and 20. Note: recently, Senator Padilla has committed to introduce and co-sponsor the SPELL Act.

Nov 11: TESOL: Enhancing State-Level Advocacy: U.S. State Legislative Issues Impacting ELT

From Florida to California, U.S. states are active in legislation and policy affecting you, ELT educators, and the multilingual learners of English. Join TESOL on 11 November from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET, as we provide an overview of issues across the states, explore the implications, and discuss how you can make an impact in your own advocacy efforts. Register

LINCS