A group led by New York state Sen. Me Ho
Rivero launched Monday a campaign that proposes awarding state
“citizenship” to the estimated 2.7 million immigrants who live in the
Empire State, regardless of their immigration status.
“We have failed with immigration reform
nationally and what we want is to provide an opportunity for the almost 3
million people who live and contribute to the public treasury in our
state to take part in its political, civic and economic life,” Rivero
told Efe Monday before introducing the bill. Continue reading
Holy Crap! This country is history!
ReplyDeleteThis highlights the two classes of citizenship. State citizenship, which used to be the only citizenship prior to the 14th amendment, and federal citizenship, which is the super-citizenship class that overrides any limitations on State citizens.
ReplyDeleteThis Act should actually be found unconstitutional, since Congress was given the enumerated power to make uniform rules of citizenship, which even applied to the previous State citizenship, so if it does go through, someone should immediately challenge it in federal court.