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...Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is thinking about extending the same approach to newly naturalized suspects, based on a year-long requirement of "crime-free" conduct after becoming French. Suspected Beghal operative Kamel Daoudi, originally Algerian, is a candidate: if convicted, he could serve his sentence, be stripped of his French citizenship and deported back to Algeria - which has been known to torture jihadists. In Italy, following tougher laws passed in 2001, the number of Islamic terrorists arrested has climbed from 33 in 2001 to 64 in 2002 and 71 last year. But many prosecutions have been overzealous. In September...
According to the source, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has a detainer on Ramos—if Ramos posts bail, USCIS can bring him to an immigration court before releasing him on personal recognizance...
Once upon a time, Republicans believed in leaving it to the private and voluntary sectors to do the important work of building citizenship and values. Remember the "thousand points of light"? These days those lightbulbs need government subsidies. One of the key beliefs of this President is that federal money should be funneled to religious groups that blend proselytizing with important social work. His faith-based initiative largely withered on the vine, but he has done what he can. In last year's State of the Union message, he proposed almost half a billion dollars to pay for mentors...
Hoping to obtain a statement from an immigration official about the rationale behind the policy, I scoured the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services web page for a phone number. There was none. There was also no contact information for their Boston field office, and the only way I could actually talk to someone from there would be to show up between 7 a.m. and 12 p.m., Monday through Friday, and be prepared to wait several hours. Sorry, but I have Spanish section at 10, every day. Eventually obtaining a green card is well worth missing one section, but it seems...
...that international students bring to the table—after all, it is exciting to sit in a seminar on Islam with students from Israel, Australia, England and Canada, as I did this fall. But apparently it doesn’t care enough to help these students file for citizenship. All Harvard’s talk of being an international center of learning is just an empty slogan unless it follows through with this simple action. And wouldn’t this diversity be good for the country as a whole if it is beneficial to one of America?...