BNHR Holds Free Citizenship Workshops
For Immediate Release: April 17, 2012
Contact: Cristina Parker, BNHR Communications Director, 915-875-9107, cparker@bnhr.org
What: Free Citizenship Workshops for border residents
When: April 28 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Where: BNHR New Mexico office at 209 Lopez St, Anthony, New Mexico AND the AYUDA office at 1325 Beverly Ann St., San Elizario, Texas
(EL PASO, Texas) — A coalition of local groups have joined forces to help borderland residents apply for U.S. citizenship in time to vote this November.
In order to qualify to vote in November, new citizens must have filed their paperwork by the end of this month. That means that the citizenship fairs planned for Saturday April 28 may be the last chance for those eligible for citizenship to apply in time to vote in the 2012 elections.
Two fairs are happening simultaneously in Anthony, New Mexico and San Elizario, Texas on Saturday, April 28 form 9 a.m. to noon.
Those who wish to apply must prepare several documents before the workshop. A list of those documents can be found here:http://bit.ly/J8SFSR (in Spanish) and here: http://bit.ly/IuD9lK (In English)
The groups organizing the citizenship workshops are the Border Network for Human Rights, AYUDA, The Diocese Migrant and Refugee Services, The Catholic Charities Diocese of Las Cruces, NALEO and the office of U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes.
Contact: Cristina Parker, BNHR Communications Director, 915-875-9107, cparker@bnhr.org
Free Workshops Aim To Help Border Residents Become U.S. Citizens in Time to Vote
What: Free Citizenship Workshops for border residents
When: April 28 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Where: BNHR New Mexico office at 209 Lopez St, Anthony, New Mexico AND the AYUDA office at 1325 Beverly Ann St., San Elizario, Texas
(EL PASO, Texas) — A coalition of local groups have joined forces to help borderland residents apply for U.S. citizenship in time to vote this November.
In order to qualify to vote in November, new citizens must have filed their paperwork by the end of this month. That means that the citizenship fairs planned for Saturday April 28 may be the last chance for those eligible for citizenship to apply in time to vote in the 2012 elections.
Two fairs are happening simultaneously in Anthony, New Mexico and San Elizario, Texas on Saturday, April 28 form 9 a.m. to noon.
Those who wish to apply must prepare several documents before the workshop. A list of those documents can be found here:http://bit.ly/J8SFSR (in Spanish) and here: http://bit.ly/IuD9lK (In English)
The groups organizing the citizenship workshops are the Border Network for Human Rights, AYUDA, The Diocese Migrant and Refugee Services, The Catholic Charities Diocese of Las Cruces, NALEO and the office of U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes.
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The Border Network for Human Rights, founded in 1998, is one of the leading human rights advocacy and immigration reform organizations in the U.S. BNHR has over 5,000 members in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.
The Border Network for Human Rights, founded in 1998, is one of the leading human rights advocacy and immigration reform organizations in the U.S. BNHR has over 5,000 members in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.
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