Citizenship's cost burdens all of us
Despite warnings that it will deter the most low-income legal immigrants from taking their final step into the American dream, U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Services plans to substantially increase the cost of the naturalization process. In 1998 it cost $95 to apply for U.S. citizenship. Today it costs $400. Next year it could leap to $600 or as much as $800. If my paycheck was capable of flying that far ahead of inflation every year I would be on vacation. THOMAS KEOWN for the Boston Herald.