Malaika Chaudhary, who's parents immigrated to the United States from Pakistan, participates in a U.S. citizenship ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), district office in New York, Jan. 29, 2013. Some 118,000 immigrants applied for U.S. citizenship and 2,500 children received citizenship certificates in the New York City area in 2012. (John Moore/Getty Images)