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Speakers at the protest stressed the equality and solidarity of all people, regardless of their citizenship status, and emphasized how vital undocumented persons are to the fabric of America...
...between 11 and 20 million immigrants in this country, and we must find a way to document and account for each of them. In order to do so, any legislation that aims to overhaul U.S. immigration laws must begin with a guest-worker program that includes a path toward citizenship. Ultimately, our economy and our way of life relies heavily on a steady inflow of immigrant labor; so long as this is the case, we must find ways to bring these immigrants into the fold of American life, rather then ignore their existence or treat them as pariahs...
...taken away upon birth and death by “the consulate of the sky.” Past social movements have attacked the inequalities associated with being born of a different skin color, of a different gender, of a different economic class but never of having a different citizenship. I was born with the privileges of being white, male, and well-off, but the greatest privilege bestowed on me at birth was my U.S. citizenship. Today, a U.S. citizen, ceteris paribus, is worth more than any other citizen on this earth. The easiest way to learn this...
...House Republicans are most focused on stronger border security, which the White House wants along with a temporary worker program for illegal immigrants already in the country. Senate Republicans, meanwhile, have been debating a way to put illegal residents on a path to citizenship. Asked today about the possibility of a backlash from the job actions, outgoing White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said: "This is a difficult and emotional issue that the President has said numerous times that we should all work together to elevate the debate and reduce some of the charged rhetoric that sometimes comes with...
...full," was murdered in May 2002. Sarkozy's comments primed France for a divisive debate in the French National Assembly this week over a new, tougher law on immigration. In the run-up to last month's regional elections in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke approvingly of more rigorous citizenship tests. "Citizenship cannot just be nodded through," she said. In the Netherlands, right-wing Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk stands a very good chance of winning this month's vote for party leader among members of the VVD party, which is part of the governing coalition. Her take-no-prisoners approach...