1.   Activists said both ethnic groups are increasingly seeking citizenship and getting involved in elections.

2.   But he said that he was not so bitter about his experience that he would abandon his plans to seek American citizenship.

3.   He is now seeking American citizenship.

4.   He needs one more year to meet the requirements for seeking citizenship.

5.   He pointedly made no mention of faulty fingerprinting procedures or botched criminal background checks of legal immigrants seeking citizenship.

6.   Immigrant advocates say that most people seeking citizenship are not doing so to get public assistance.

7.   Immigrants seeking Swiss citizenship are already subject to a humiliating beauty parade in their local canton before a vote is held on their suitability for the honor.

8.   In fact, he said, Israelis increasingly seek second citizenships in the United States and Europe, including Germany, just in case.

9.   In addition to fears among legal immigrants about losing federal or state benefits, the rush to seek citizenship has been fueled by at least two other forces.

10.   Many in the civil service, in business, law, journalism and the professions have sought foreign citizenship as the ultimate protection from potential tyranny.