Immigrant groups push for $15M to speed up citizenship process

Immigrant advocates are lobbying Washington area state and local governments, plus private organizations, for $15 million to help legal permanent residents in the region become citizens.

Elected officials from Maryland and Virginia joined non-profit leaders from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and immigrant advocacy groups CASA of Maryland and Tenants and Workers United of Northern Virginia on Wednesday to detail challenges faced by the roughly 270,000 legal area immigrants wo are eligible to become citizens.