In a drive that Republicans say was motivated by election-year politics, 1.3 million legal immigrants applied to become citizens from August 1995 to September 1996.

If the time is extended, it is unclear whether immigrants who had chosen to remain underground could then apply.

After five years of permanent residency, immigrants can apply for citizenship.

Normally, immigrants must apply for legal residency at American consulates in their home countries.

These immigrants currently may apply for citizenship after the completion of ten years of residency in the territory of the republic.

The provision as written would allow those immigrants to apply for asylum only if they have been in the country for a year or less.

The provision allows illegal immigrants to apply for residency while remaining in the United States, provided they pay a $1,000 penalty.

He set aside $1 million to help immigrants apply for the waiver.

Jamaican immigrants must now apply for citizenship if they wish to become British nationals.

What we have also discovered is that more and more illegal immigrants apply for asylum if they are apprehended after entering a country illegally.