11.   Nine percent said they had employment in mind when seeking citizenship.

12.   People with higher levels of education also are more likely to seek citizenship than those who have not completed high school, the report said.

13.   Roughly half of the increases in recent years have been the result of Mexican farm workers seeking citizenship.

14.   Sharon Rummery, a spokeswoman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the city, says there has been a dramatic surge in the number of people seeking citizenship.

15.   Sharon Rummery, a spokeswoman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the city, said there has been a dramatic surge in the number of people seeking citizenship.

16.   That decision gave him refugee credentials, which in turn allowed him to seek citizenship in a European country.

17.   The Litchfields are seeking Romanian citizenship and are serious about spending much of the rest of their lives in Romania.

18.   The panel also urged a federal push to remove bureaucratic obstacles to legal immigrants seeking citizenship.

19.   The United States has no official language, but the naturalization process effectively gives English that status for immigrants seeking citizenship.

20.   Wehmeier, born in Germany, has spent most of his business career in the United States, living a childhood dream, and is now seeking American citizenship.