Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many Americans have only recently had the chance to enter the political community-building process, since women officially gained the vote and citizenship in 1920, and most blacks and many poor people were prevented from voting or legitimately participating in politics until the voting law reform and judicial landmarks of the 1960s...
...some of those benefits. The governors had dropped a more explicit demand that the federal government restore Medicaid, disability and food stamps benefits for legal immigrants. Governors of states with heavy immigration, such as California, Florida and New York, remain concerned that the bureaucratic backlogs delaying the granting of citizenship to legal immigrants is leaving thousands of legal residents of the U.S. in a benefits no-man?s-land. Says 59-year-old Korean native Chul Baek, a resident of Los Angeles who depends on federal benefits for treatment of his mental illness: "I have no idea...
...applications, the first round of awards will go to work. Over $11.8 million will go to 22 advocacy groups, including Hispanic, Asian, Catholic and Jewish organizations. The money will be used to help legal immigrants become U.S. citizens, to fund English classes, civics education, legal help and preparation for citizenship interviews. The Lazarus Fund is named after the poet whose words "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty...
...transferred all but $5 million of his $3.5 billion in assets to his Atlantic Foundation and Atlantic Trust, owns neither a house nor a car, and an associate said he always flies coach. As the largest single donor to Sinn Fein, Feeney, 65, who holds dual Irish and American citizenship, maintains that the more than $200,000 he gave the IRA wing was used to fund nonviolent functions. When asked why he decided to give his vast fortune away, Feeney said he had more than enough money, and a terrific amount of luck...
...prime explosives. He met militant Muslim activists from throughout the Middle East, listening to them preach revolution against corrupt rulers who collaborated with the decadent and immoral West. After returning to the kingdom, Said followed the diatribes of Saudi exiles, including Osama bin Laden, a millionaire stripped of citizenship for denouncing King Fahd and demanding the expulsion of U.S. troops. Soon the thoughts of Said and his comrades turned to rebellion...