"You can get help becoming a U.S. citizen online using the free Citizenshipworks program, developed by the Immigration Advocates Network.

At CUNY Citizenship Now!, the program I direct, we’ve been using the software to help City University of New York students apply to naturalize. We’ve found it a useful and efficient tool.

Many readers will have used online programs to prepare your tax return. Citizenshipworks is similar. Check it out.

As the GOP presidential candidates use ever-stronger anti-immigrant rhetoric, more permanent residents then ever want to become U.S. citizens. Free and low-cost service providers are swamped. Citizenshipworks allows you to complete your application on your own, in English or Spanish, and at your own pace."