New program aims to help local immigrants with naturalization process

The Hampton City Council last Thursday endorsed a new outreach program intended to guide legal immigrants down the path to U.S. citizenship.
     The council agreed to act as the fiscal agent for a local grant application to fund the Citizenship Learning Center (CLC). The CLC would be located at La Luz Hispana and provide materials, information and assistance to anyone needing help with naturalization, which is the process of becoming a legal U.S. citizen.
     CLC organizers include Berry Johnson, Frankie Aliu, Sister Carmen Hernandez and Hampton Mayor Brook Boehmler, who endorsed the CLC Jan. 25 during the council’s workshop.
     “I think our community should be ready to help people that are willing to naturalize to the country and become citizens,” he said.
     Read the full article in the Feb. 3 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.