Word: citizenship
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...Smahi, a member of the National Front's political bureau, believes it has a program that can attract minority voters: "What initially appealed to me was hearing the National Front message that if I accepted the responsibilities of citizenship, I'd have the right of national preference in return," notes Smahi, 46. "That means we halt immigration until we can provide for people already here, and reserve the wealth and jobs of the nation first for citizens. That message means a lot in projects where unemployment is nearly 50%, and many French residents can't get work...
...cannot be honest, and we are invisible,” Osburn said. “If citizenship really means anything, it means we should have the opportunity to speak up openly and honestly...
...challenge will be selling a fix for the 12 million illegal immigrants already living in the U.S. The new immigration bill, to be introduced in the Senate as early as next week by Democrat Ted Kennedy and Republican John McCain, will set most of them on a "path to citizenship." Opponents call that amnesty. Bush has been vague in his support for legalization. But Kennedy says that at a private meeting on Jan. 8, Bush gave him a commitment to back "comprehensive" legislation, which Kennedy believes is a commitment to granting them eventual citizenship...
...defending and attacking the rights of undocumented immigrants in their search for citizenship, stories of the migrants that made it, who carved out their own piece of the pie in America, dominate the discussion. Yet for every migrant that achieves economic success, tens of thousands don’t. For every migrant that makes it into the U.S., hundreds of thousands don’t. For every migrant that decides to make the trip, millions rot in destitution. My experience with Latin American migrants leads me to see each of them enveloped in a sort of pyramid of destruction...
...have two minorities, small in number, that you think can share an affinity—but yet you see conflict,” Gay says. Though Gay moved into her office last fall, she hasn’t yet taught. Next semester she plans to lecture on democratic citizenship, lead a junior seminar on post-Civil War black politics, teach a graduate course on political behavior, and help graduate students research for their dissertations.None of this is new for her. While teaching at Stanford, Gay advised many students. “I think she was unique because many...