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Published 12/18/2008 by Spencer S. Hsu at Wash Post Federal Page
Federal judges in some parts of the United States have delayed citizenship oaths for immigrants, apparently to keep millions of dollars in fees that would otherwise go to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to a new government report and immigration officials.
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