Vincentians are among those seeking US Citizenship, as the Donald Trump administration and his congressional supporters look to lower the number of legal residents, admitted through family sponsorship into the U.S.
New Department of Homeland Security data showed that there are 157 persons from SVG who took the oath of US citizenship in the 2017 fiscal year.
Other countries in the Eastern Caribbean who citizens took the oath of citizenship include.
St. Lucia – 256
Barbados – 225
Dominica – 202
Grenada – 214
Antigua & Barbuda – 126
St. Kitts & Nevis – 120
DHS data show a whopping 11,129 immigrants from the DR who became naturalised citizens for the Fiscal Year 2017.