Word: citizenship
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...meeting of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, McCain went beyond the issue of whether the legislation grants "amnesty" to illegal aliens - the focus of most of the conversative complaints - and stressed what he called the "humanitarian" reasons for reform. What critics deride as a "special path" to citizenship, he said in his speech, is special only in the sense that "it is harder, longer and more expensive than the path offered to those immigrants who come here legally." The Senator also went to unusual lengths to sympathetically portray the yearning for a better life among immigrants. In emotional terms...
...contact with him - passengers sitting two rows in front and two rows behind him. But as the CDC's director of global migration and quarantine noted, accessing this information remains a challenge. According to protocol, passengers need to be contacted initially by the health department of their country of citizenship. "It takes time," says Dr. Martin Cetron, of the CDC. "It takes longer than we like, and I hope this system is fixed and improved in the future...
...favor changing the 14th amendment of the constitution so that the newborns of illegal aliens do not automatically become U S citizens? -Raymond Ogilvie, Santa Maria, Calif.I have co-sponsored legislation that says that children born to illegal aliens cannot have automatic citizenship. And actually, I don't think our bill violates the 14th amendment, which dealt specifically with the children of slaves, not with illegal aliens like we have now. There's a case to be made, and I would like to have it tested in the courts...
When did your family first arrive in the United States, and how quickly were they awarded American citizenship? -Paul Green, Royal Oak, Mich.I think the first member was my dad's father, around the turn of the 20th century. I really do not know how long it took before they were awarded citizenship. I never asked my father that...
...candidacy became almost embarrassing. He has flipped on immigration, to better suit the Mexican-fearing tendencies of a segment of the Republican base. He's against the comprehensive reform bill being considered by the Senate, and, of course, that's because the bill would offer a path to citizenship for the 12 million illegals currently in the country. A reporter asks, What would you do about them? Make them get in the back of the line. Would they have to leave the country to do that? Mumble mumble evasion. Would you be in favor of kicking them...