On Saturday, April 19, chapters of the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association (AILA) sponsored a special event called Citizenship Day 2008. JFON West Michigan and the Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo’s Immigration Assistance Program (IAP) co-hosted the West Michigan site. Assisted by volunteers from JFON and IAP, volunteering AILA members advised fifty-one Lawful Permanent Residents about citizenship and prepared applications for naturalization for forty potential applicants. Twenty-two fully complete applications were mailed to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). It was a great day for many local immigrants to make the last step of a long journey and we’re proud to have been a part of it. Four volunteers from the Holland JFON helped out in the morning.