It seems as though migrants are becoming citizens quicker than normal as of late.
A New York Times report says that thousands of immigrants are becoming naturalized American citizens every week in a recent surge. While this is somewhat typical before an election, the Times reports that 3.3 million immigrants have become citizens during Biden’s tenure.
Naturalization applications took, on average, nearly five months to complete since the start of this fiscal year compared to Fiscal Year 2021, when the average hovered around 11 1/2 months.
But with this influx of new citizens also comes greater voter representation, as pointed out by Xiao Wang – CEO of immigration analysis company Boundless.
Wang says that this surge is “potentially reshaping the electorate, merely months before a pivotal election.” He adds that every new citizen “could be a vote that decides Senate seats or even the presidency.”
That is likely to be the case as a survey conducted in mid-spring of this year shows that 81.4 percent of naturalized citizens are “definitely” casting a vote this November.