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Underreported: Illegal Citizenship Delays

Thursday, May 17, 2007

The US government is illegally delaying the naturalization applications of thousands of immigrants, according to a recent report by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. On today's first Underreported, we look into how individuals perceived to be Muslim are being subjected to indefinite security checks, and citizenship delays that go on for years. Smita Narula is Assistant Professor of Clinical Law and Faculty Director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at the NYU School of Law. Mohammad Razvi is Executive Director of the Council of Peoples Organization in Brooklyn.

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