Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule May Curb California’s Upward Naturalization Trend

Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule May Curb California’s Upward Naturalization Trend
Young people wait in line to enter the office of The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/GettyImages
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While California’s population saw its slowest growth in decades last year, the number of immigrants arriving and staying in the Golden State continue to grow, keeping its population up and making it the state with the largest number of immigrants-turned-citizens in the nation.