On March 22nd, 2016, Charles Kuffner posted a story called "More on the rush to naturalization" in the Off the Kuff Blog. In his blog Kuffner writes about the increase of permanent residents in Texas applying for citizenship. Due to this presidential election focusing heavily on immigration, "thousands of legal residents in Texas are applying for citizenship in hopes of securing their place in the country." Kuffner posts a cartoon picture making fun of Donald trump, letting his readers know who Charles is talking about while he writes about a new president who is pushing immigration laws. Charles writes that many wonder why legal residents haven't already applied, and the reply will vary from ''‘we didn’t have the money’ (it costing $680) to ‘I am afraid that I might lose my status.’'
Immigration nonprofit workers as well as Obama are helping residents apply for citizenship saying that the numbers of applications are only growing. "Its jumped almost 14 percent in the July to September 2015 quarter compared to the same period in 2014." Kuffner writes that this is only happening because the people are scared, Trump has provided a boost in applications since he began his campaign saying Mexicans are drug-traffickers, rapist and that he will deport 11 million immigrants including children that are here illegally." According to the Pew Research Center, almost 8.8 million legal residents in the U.S. are eligible to naturalize with about 2.7 million of them hailing from Mexico. With 1.3 million legal residents living in Texas, the state ranks third among states with the most legal residents eligible for citizenship.
"In general, encouraging green card holders to go through the naturalization process is a good thing. I just hope we’re doing some of this here in Texas."
I love the way Charles adds in a bit of humor into his writing that not even Republicans could get mad about. He made sure to let us know what he was trying to teach us, showed evidence to how applications have increased since Trump started running for office and the logic behind why residents have never applied to become a citizen and why they are doing so now. He tells us of different states like Colorado and Washington and people who are helping those residents become citizen. I like that Charles writes for any side but you can tell that his audience is mainly to democrats.
