RUSH TRANSCRIPT BANFIELD I ░░░░░░░░ joined now by lawyer ░░░░░░░░ and immigration expert Raul ░░░░░░░░ Thanks for being here ░░░░░░░░ My pleasure BANFIELD One ░░░░░░░░ the things that stands ░░░░░░░░ to me the largest ░░░░░░░░ group in America is ░░░░░░░░ And yet they naturalize ░░░░░░░░ a rate far lower ░░░░░░░░ everyone why is that ░░░░░░░░ Well there s a ░░░░░░░░ of factors that play ░░░░░░░░ it one of it ░░░░░░░░ that in the last ░░░░░░░░ years the cost of ░░░░░░░░ so has gone up ░░░░░░░░ costs 576 to go ░░░░░░░░ the citizenship process which ░░░░░░░░ a lot of people ░░░░░░░░ are maybe first generation ░░░░░░░░ their children they don ░░░░░░░░ have that money and ░░░░░░░░ you re looking at ░░░░░░░░ family that can be ░░░░░░░░ thousand dollars the two ░░░░░░░░ reasons we re seeing ░░░░░░░░ differently this year one ░░░░░░░░ obviously the Trump phenomenon ░░░░░░░░ reporter mentioned things are ░░░░░░░░ 14 percent this year ░░░░░░░░ s on top of ░░░░░░░░ 11 percent increase last ░░░░░░░░ And a second factor ░░░░░░░░ this increase in people ░░░░░░░░ full naturalization and citizenship ░░░░░░░░ now for the first ░░░░░░░░ you can do this ░░░░░░░░ can pay by credit ░░░░░░░░ and you can pay ░░░░░░░░ in the past in ░░░░░░░░ past you had to ░░░░░░░░ to the immigration office ░░░░░░░░ had to have all ░░░░░░░░ the money in advance ░░░░░░░░ this is really a ░░░░░░░░ we re seeing with ░░░░░░░░ mobilizing Latinos to vote ░░░░░░░░ for all of the ░░░░░░░░ we ve had and ░░░░░░░░ ve seen about the ░░░░░░░░ of the Latino vote ░░░░░░░░ Latino vote in both ░░░░░░░░ the last two election ░░░░░░░░ the fact is in ░░░░░░░░ last elections more Latinos ░░░░░░░░ not vote than actually ░░░░░░░░ out So this is ░░░░░░░░ real this is a ░░░░░░░░ thing And there are ░░░░░░░░ all over the country ░░░░░░░░ Me Familia they are ░░░░░░░░ and signing people up ░░░░░░░░ getting them through the ░░░░░░░░ and one big difference ░░░░░░░░ the work they do ░░░░░░░░ the campaigns once the ░░░░░░░░ is over caucus is ░░░░░░░░ they re on to ░░░░░░░░ next state these groups ░░░░░░░░ staying in places like ░░░░░░░░ Florida Colorado and continuing ░░░░░░░░ sign people up reminding ░░░░░░░░ of the deadlines and ░░░░░░░░ them into the system ░░░░░░░░ vote BANFIELD Those are ░░░░░░░░ states Raul Reyes thank ░░░░░░░░ it takes about five ░░░░░░░░ or so on average.”