CARRRION JOINS HISTORIC ALLIANCE TO LAUNCH THE
“YA ES HORA”
U.S. CITIZENSHIP CAMPAIGN IN TRI-STATE AREA 

With fee hike imminent, community stakeholders launch unprecedented effort to encourage eligible legal permanent residents to apply for U.S. citizenship. 

New York, NY – Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion will join with dozens of community organizations and stakeholders to launch the Ya es hora ¡Ciudadania! (It Is Time – Citizenship!) campaign, an unprecedented effort to inform, educate, and motivate eligible legal permanent residents who reside in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to apply for U.S. citizenship. 

Carrion was recently elected to the Presidency of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO), which is helping spearhead this campaign.  

The campaign is setting out to help naturalize thousands of eligible legal permanent residents.  The launch of this effort is particularly timely beacuase naturalization fees are set to increase by almost 70%, from $400 to $675, on July 30th.   

Applicants may call the NALEO Educational Fund citizenship assistance and voter education hotline at (888) Ve-Y-Vota (839-8682) or visit www.yaeshora.info to receive more information about naturalization requirements and how and where to apply for U.S. citizenship. 

WHEN: Wednesday, July 18, 2007, 11:00 AM 

WHERE: City Hall - Steps 

WHO: Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, NALEO President

Along with:

• City Council Member Hiram Monserrate
• City Council Member Miguel Martinez
• State Assembly Member Jose Peralta
• Graciela Heyman, Chair of the Board, The New York Immigration Coalition
• Chung-Wha Hong, Executive Director, NYIC Hispanic Federation, ACORN-NY, ACORN-NJ, ACORN-CT
• Rhadames Rivera, 1199/SEIU
• Midori Hills, Lead Attorney, CUNY Immigration Project
• Consortium for Worker Education/CLC
• Luz Salazar, Catholic Charities
• Sonya Ivanny, President NYC LACLAA 
  

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