An estimated 8.8 million U.S. residents who are not citizens are eligible to naturalize, based on the latest available data from 2013, but between 2009 and 2015 only about700,000 did so each year. Even though the number of eligible people has been risingover the past several years, naturalization rates in the U.S. are low when compared to similar immigrant-receiving countries like Australia and Canada. Research has shown that naturalization can have a positive impact on tax revenues, home ownership rates, earnings, and even the overall economy. A number of factors, such as the English language requirement and cost for the application, dissuade many people from taking the step...