. >> i'm joined now by lawyer, commentator and immigration expert, raoul reyes.ng here. >> my pleasure. >> one of the things that stands out to me, the largest nationals group in america is mexicans. and yet they naturalize at a rate far lower than everyone else. why is that? >> well, there's a lot of factors that play into it. one of it is that in the last few years, the cost of doing so has gone up. it costs $576 to go through the citizenship process, which for a lot of people who are maybe first generation or their children, they don't have that money. and when you're looking at a family, that can be several thousand dollars. the two big reasons we're seeing things differently this year. one is obviously the trump fenn. your reporter mentioned things are up 14% this year. that's on top of an 11% increase last year. and a second factor driving this increase in people seeking full naturalization and citizenship is now for the first time, you can do this, you can pay by credit card. and you can pay online. in the past -- in the past, you had to go to the immigrat