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DESCRIPTION:For Immediate Release*				Media Contact:\nOctober 4, 2006					Lilia G. 
 Alcaraz (916) 780-6600\n\n\nCITIZENSHIP DAY WORKSHOP \n\nTOCCHINI & 
 ASSOCIATES PC AND LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS WILL WORK WITH 
 IMMIGRANT LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN OFFERING A FREE CITIZENSHIP 
 WORKSHOP IN SACRAMENTO, CA\n\nCitizenship day workshop to be held on 
 October 21, 2006 at Cesar Chavez Park\n\nSACRAMENTO – Tocchini & 
 Associates PC and League of United Latin American Citizens ("LULAC"), 
 joined representatives from community based organizations and a diverse 
 group of immigrant and labor leaders to announce a new initiative designed 
 to keep pressure on lawmakers to enact comprehensive immigration reform.    
 \n\nThis new initiative is about building on the massive marches and 
 peaceful protests across the country.  It is about taking our efforts to 
 the next level by making certain that our voices are heard and our presence 
 continues to be felt in this important debate.  It is about ensuring that 
 our lawmakers do not allow this historic opportunity to pass without the 
 enactment of comprehensive immigration reform.\n\nIn an effort to build on 
 the strength and importance of the recent rallies and massive marches, 
 Tocchini & Associates PC will work with LULAC to create a free citizenship 
 day workshop, and any proceeds received for the event will be given to 
 LULAC for their nonprofit activities associated with assisting immigrants.  
 The citizenship workshop is designed to provide comprehensive assistance to 
 immigrants wishing to take their first steps toward naturalized U.S. 
 citizenship.  According to the department of Homeland Security, eight 
 million individuals are currently eligible for citizenship.  
 \n\n“Nowadays, the immigrant community is extremely powerful in this 
 country, and we can show this power in many different ways, but the best 
 way to show it, the best way to make a transcendental change in this 
 country is through citizenship and voting,” said Karla Avila, director of 
 the New Americans Initiative.  “That’s why I want to call on all legal 
 permanent residents today to become US citizens, register to vote and exert 
 that wonderful right that this country has granted to you, the right to 
 vote.”\n\nAccording to the Wall Street Journal, “The heated political 
 debate over immigration has sent foreigners who legally live in the U.S. 
 scrambling in record numbers to find out how to become citizens.”  In 
 fact, “last month, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the 
 federal agency that processes immigration requests, received a record 6.6 
 million hits on its Web site," says USCIS spokesman Christopher 
 Bentley.\n\nTocchini & Associates PC will hold a citizenship workshop in 
 Sacramento, CA on October 21, 2006, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Cesar 
 Chavez Plaza Park (910 I Street).\n\nDuring the workshop, legal permanent 
 residents seeking to become citizens will have the opportunity to receive 
 important guidance and advice.  Applicants will receive assistance with 
 filling out all necessary documents required by the office of U.S. 
 Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and have their photographs 
 taken.\n\nIn addition, individuals attending the workshop will receive 
 advice and information on future steps in the naturalization process, 
 including interviews, English proficiency exams and civics tests 
 administered by the USCIS.\n\nThis workshop will provide a meaningful and 
 critical step toward U.S. citizenship for thousands of men, women and 
 children across the country, so that they too can fully share in the rights 
 that citizens enjoy and also help shoulder the responsibilities.  It will 
 allow these men and women to better protect their families and to better 
 advocate for the best interests of our immigrant community and our 
 country.\n\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/06/18318495.php
SUMMARY:National Citizenship Day
LOCATION:Cesar Chavez Park\nAt 10th St. between I St. and  J St.\nSacramento, CA 
 95814
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/06/18318495.php
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