Montgomery Community Media

Recientemente se han emitido dos noticias que impactan a los inmigrantes que residen en Estados Unidos. La primera tiene que ver con un memorando emitido por la administración del Presidente Joe Biden a favor  de los inmigrantes, sobretodo aquellos que tienen orden de deportación, y la segunda fue el fallo de la Corte Suprema de […]

CASA is offering scholarships to Montgomery County residents who cannot afford the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization filing fee. The Montgomery County Maryland Citizenship Scholarship can provide up to $300 to help offset the $725 fee for eligible applicants. Other than residing in Montgomery County, candidates must be legal residents with income […]

La organización comunitaria CASA está ofreciendo becas a los residentes del condado de Montgomery que no pueden pagar la tarifa de solicitud de naturalización del Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de los Estados Unidos (USCIS). La beca de ciudadanía proporciona hasta $300 en ayuda para compensar la tarifa de $725 para los solicitantes elegibles. Además […]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a new citizenship test Friday, making it longer and broader than it once was. Those who filed an application on or after Dec. 1 of this year will take the 2020 version. But those who filed an application prior to Dec. 1 will be eligible to take the […]

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, John Kelly, has signed two memorandums to implement the recent executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on immigration and border security. In his memos, Kelly describes in detail how the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the U.S. Citizenship and […]

InfoZen, an advanced IT services and solutions provider for the federal government is planning to expand its corporate headquarters in Montgomery County and create 100 new jobs by the end of 2017, according to a news release. This comes after the company was awarded a $208 million federal contract from the Department of Homeland Security […]

To celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, which commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials announced on Thursday a $10 million grant designed to support citizenship preparation programs. Forty immigrant-serving organizations from 26 states will receive federal funding to support citizenship preparation services for permanent residents through September 2017. […]

Karina Velasco, 25, moved to the U.S. 11 years ago from Mexico City. She was 14; attended high school, graduated from Montgomery College, and is scheduled to graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in social work from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) at the Universities of Shady Grove campus. Velasco is also a […]

Cyrus Kamara lives in Germantown. He has been a Montgomery County residents for more than 10 years. On June 14, he watched his mother, Matilda Kamara, become an American citizen during a naturalization ceremony for 43 people at the Celebrate Gaithersburg Festival. Naturalization candidates were from Brazil, Cameroon, China, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, […]

The grounds of Gaithersburg City Hall was the setting for a naturalization ceremony for 43 new American citizens from 23 countries on June 14th at the Celebrate Gaithersburg festival. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman and Councilmembers presented the new citizens with American Citizenship certificates. The new citizens were also encouraged to register to vote after the […]