I sympathize. My wife is a resident alien from Zambia and is working toward her naturalization. A very indirect and unplanned trajectory. One thing we found out was that there was a path through enlisting in the U.S. military. After a few years of honorable service one can become a citizen. Ironically, she aspires to work for DHS as an investigator, because she knows who in the African community are overstaying their visas, etc. She thanks America for saving her life and nurturing it as an adult. She was pro-Trump before Trump came on the political scene.