Word: citizenships
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...question is whether illegals will want to identify themselves without a more certain guarantee that they can eventually become citizens. Under Bush's plan, the permit would expire in three years, after which the worker would have to line up behind millions of others to receive full citizenship. The Administration thinks there are enough incentives to make illegals come forward, and there is also the possibility that the three-year agreement could be renewed...
...record levels and rising. But a more service-oriented youth will not bring down the debt, and politicians will continue to pass the buck to youth as long as they’re not looking. It’s time that American youth learned to approach good citizenship with a will for service in one hand and a ballot in the other; their checkbooks will thank them later...
Beginning in July, students will enroll in a four-week session in which they will take classes in writing, quantitative reasoning, science and art, focusing on the theme of citizenship...
...past several decades, the Russian government has made dangerous incursions into Georgian affairs in an effort to keep the central government weak so that it can exert its own leverage, both economically and militarily. Moscow has effectively prevented fomer president Shevardnadze from unifying the country by granting Russian citizenship to entire Georgian states on their shared border; and has been known to cut off the nation’s gas supplies in the middle of winter for political reasons when Shevardnadze did not cooperate. And if the economic pressure didn’t get the message across, two Russian...
...from the institution of marriage. It seems unlikely that this backwards provision will get through the legislative process any time soon, but it is imperative that Massachusetts’ lawmakers take action now to make the SJC’s ruling a reality. Knocking down the barriers to free citizenship is never easy; among those already fully-enfranchised, there are always some petty and closed minds who will do all they can to stop their fellow men and women from enjoying all the privileges of citizenship. With the SJC’s go-ahead, Massachusetts’ egalitarians...