Episode 15

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17th Jun 2020

What Is Causing Citizenship Swearing-In Delays?

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services offices have been closed to the public since mid-March. During that period, 60,000 immigrants per month have been unable to take the oath of citizenship, precluding them from a variety of their hard-earned benefits.

In particular, not being able to vote has caused the greatest outcry from immigration reform advocates. They assert the delays are a deliberate effort to lock out new voters from participating in the 2020 elections.

The government cites existing regulations and health concerns undermine their current go slow policy.

This podcast explores the basis of these conflicting positions.

Recommended Links For More Information:

Citizenship Delay And Backlog: Disguised Attack On The Naturalization Process In America

Citizenship, Immigrants, And Voting: Political Triad For Reform

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The Immigration Mastermind
The Immigration Mastermind is a podcast for immigrants and their families that shares tips, insights, and tidbits to help guide the quest for permanent residence and citizenship in the United States. The podcast strives to build knowledge, while dispelling myths in short bite-sized, easy-to-understand snippets of pull-no-punches information.

Designed for both immigrant families who have already started the immigration process and those just starting to think about their journey, the Immigration Mastermind provides a mix of expert tips about legal rules, insights about breaking news, and tidbits to help immigrants and their families to keep their chin up, even when the road to success seems to be a never-ending road.

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Carlos Batara

Carlos Batara is an immigration lawyer, author, educator, public speaker, and online talk show host. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he has cared for, protected, and guided immigrants from over 100 countries on their journeys to the United States. His goal is to help at least one family from every nation in the world before he calls it quits.

With family roots from Mexico, Spain, and the Philippines, as well as Native American, Greek, and Turkish ancestry, he brings a broad multicultural background to the practice of immigration law.

Combined with knowledge gained from advanced studies in international relations and constitutional politics, Carlos is always willing to speak his mind openly on immigration issues.