Word: citizenship
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IRCA set fines and jail terms for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens, but the law is a sieve. It requires only that the boss examine any two of 17 proofs of citizenship, some of which, baptismal certificates for example, have thousands of acceptable variations. This has produced a cottage industry in bogus documents. The INS, which estimates that more than 500,000 aliens have used fake papers, is now confiscating more than 10,000 such documents annually (plus 5,000 smuggler-owned cars) just at the main San Diego border crossing. Illegals without fake documents often work instead...
...Citizenship...
...tired of getting hit up again and again and again. But it's the political process. You know people compare me to, say, an individual who asks for help with citizenship papers for his mother, and he gets help. But the campaign chairman for the politician doesn't go ask him for money. The chairman goes where he sees there is a source of funds. So when I ask for something, I become a prospect for money...
Romero-Barcelo also rejected the independence movement, which would establish Puerto Rico as a separate republic, because "economically, we would be in a very bad situation." He said he is "happy and content" with his U.S. citizenship...
Puerto Rico became an American territory after the Spanish-American War in 1898, and its residents have held U.S. citizenship since...