More Indians Becoming US Citizens

Washington: A new study by the Pew Hispanic Centre said that the rate of legal immigrants from India becoming US citizens has gone up from 56 per cent in 1995 to 65 per cent in 2005.

While the number of legal immigrants from all over the world becoming US citizens rose, figures indicated that 1,33,000 Indians in a total eligibility pool of 2,48,000 were in the soon – to – be naturalized category in 2005.

Immigrant residents with higher levels of education and better English skills are more likely to naturalise, Passel Jeffrey, the centre’s senior research associate said. “Today’s becoming US citizens,” he said.

An additional 8.5 million legal immigrants are eligible to naturalize, but that group is made up of those who are least likely to do so. “They tend to be poorer; they tend to speak English less well and have lower levels of education,” Passel said.

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