There are 8.5 million people with green cards in the U.S. These legal permanent residents are just one step away from becoming American citizens, and yet only one out of 10 actually follow through on that process.
But a national effort called the New Americans Campaign is underway to get people to take that next step.
Joining us is an organizer behind the local effort, Elisa Sequiers, the state director of civic engagement at NALEO Educational Fund.
New campaign hopes to help permanent residents become citizens
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Take Two for July 9, 2013
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