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...piety and pomposity that tends to fog proposals to change the Constitution," says Professor of Law Richard D. Parker. Parker calls the the qualifications excluding immigrants from running for president "utterly anachronistic provision[s] of the Constitution, premised on some idea that it takes a number of decades of citizenship to be a fully loyal and or informed official...
...hard to do. Which is why Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko will sign a "Union Treaty" to bring his country, if not all the way, than at least most of the way back into the Russian orbit. Russian President Boris Yeltsin approved an agreement Monday that will create a single citizenship for residents of both republics and unify their foreign and economic policies. Faced with a shattered economy that makes Russia's look robust, Lukashenko has pushed for integration with Russia, which in any case supplies Belarus with everything from cheap fuel to tractor parts. For his part, Yeltsin hopes that...
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...