Word: citizenships
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...killing the Immigration Reform and Control bill [Oct. 17], the House toadied to pressure groups and our whole country was harmed. But the real losers will be the thousands of illegal aliens who were scheduled for aid and eventual citizenship...
...Southwest, who saw their pool of cheap labor drying up. Hispanic leaders were concerned that employers would fear the penalties so much that they would discriminate not only against illegal Hispanics, but against all Hispanics. The bill sought to distinguish between the two by requiring proof of citizenship-but civil libertarians immediately warned that a "national I.D. card" was a step toward Big Brother. O'Neill echoed these fears with grossly overblown rhetoric. Said he: "Hitler did this to the Jews. He made them wear dog tags...
...that she wants to go back to Poland after graduation, at least to visit. If things change drastically, which she doubts, she wants to live there. But if she returns there is the danger that she would not be allowed to leave again unless she gave up her Polish citizenship...
...particularly for the 14,000 who attended the Houston meeting, was an end to the psychological isolation that had constrained their activities and ambitions. They learned that many other middle-of-the-road, American-as-Mom's-apple-pie women shared with them a sense of second-class citizenship and a craving for greater social and economic equality. Said Ida Castro, an alternate delegate from New Jersey: "It was a total high to get together and discover so many people who agree on so many issues, and finding that I am not alone...
...prison term of four to five years in exchange for a halt to the probe. The Justice Department turned down the deal. Now U.S. officials believe Rich may be preparing to abandon the U.S. forever. The globetrotting trader, who once lived in Madrid, is believed to have sought Spanish citizenship. But Spain might provide only temporary refuge. Eventually Rich may have to decide whether to face U.S. authorities or to spend his life on the run. - By Stephen Koepp. Reported by Bruce van Voorst/New York