“I think what he [Donald Trump] has said is that people are not going to be eligible for legalization or citizenship unless they leave the country and get back in line.” PeopleThinkingSaidCountryLinesTrumpGet BackCitizenship Author:Chris Christie
“We are waiting for Donald Trump`s big immigration speech. There are lots of unanswered questions that remain about where exactly Trump stands on deportation forces, on what to do with the millions of immigrants who are here illegally now, and where he stands on the question of birthright citizenship.” BigsForceWaitingMillionsTrumpSpeechImmigrationImmigrantsCitizenshipBirthrightUnanswered QuestionsUnansweredDeportation Author:Steve Kornacki
“If you closed your eyes during that [Donald Trump] conference and you didn`t pay attention to who was saying those words, it could have been Jeb Bush saying those words last year, Jeb Bush. It could have been Marco Rubio saying those words last year during the primaries, because that`s the position of, well, those two Floridians, you know, no pathway to citizenship according to Jeb Bush, pathway to citizenship in the long term, according to Marco Rubio, but talking about the need to brush up on the border.” IfsKnowsNeedsYearsWellsLongHas BeensTwoEyeLastsTermPayAttentionTalkingPositionTrumpPrimariesPay AttentionBordersLong TermLast YearCitizenshipBrushesConferencesCould Have BeenPathwaysMarcos Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“I have no plans to seek asylum in the U.S. or elsewhere. I have not thought about citizenship. I love my country, the only problem I have is with the government.” CountryProblemGovernmentPlansElsewhereCitizenshipAsylums Author:Feyisa Lilesa
“People are demanding their rights and not backing down and I hope that change is on the horizon and change will come to Ethiopia soon, so I don't have even go that far to seek a U.S. citizenship.” PeopleRightsDown AndHorizonCitizenshipEthiopiaBacking Down Author:Feyisa Lilesa
“The ideal of universal literacy, in the West anyway, was first of all a Protestant idea - that everybody had to be able to read to save their soul. That idea got transposed into an idea of the importance of literacy for democratic citizenship.” FirstsIdeasSoulAbleIdealsUniversalImportanceDemocraticWestCitizenshipLiteracyProtestants Author:Robert Hass
“We call for a welcoming path to citizenship, an end to police violence, and a transformed foreign policy based on international law and human rights - not based on these policies of regime change and economic and military domination.” HumansEndsLawPathRightsViolenceEconomicMilitaryPolicyPoliceInternationalHuman RightsWelcomeRegimesTransformedForeign PolicyCitizenshipDominationInternational LawRegime ChangePolice Violence Author:Jill Stein
“I think it is right for Canadians to be asked to show their faces when they're taking the oath. On revocation of citizenship, we do not let people who have criminal records, including convictions for terrorism, become either permanent residents or citizens. I think there is a limit beyond which someone has really cashed in their chips in terms of their allegiance to Canada.” PeopleThinkingShowsFacesTermRecordsCitizensLimitsIncludingConvictionTerrorismCriminalsPermanentCanadaCitizenshipChipsAllegianceOathResidents Author:Chris Alexander
“The Constitution says nothing about anchor babies. The 14th Amendment says nothing about birthright citizenship.” BabyConstitutionAmendmentsCitizenshipAnchorsBirthright14th Amendment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The14th Amendment does not require birthright citizenship. It doesn't mention it.” DoeAmendmentsCitizenshipBirthright Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Supreme Court has only granted citizenship to the children born to legal immigrants, not illegal.” ChildrenBornCourtSupremeGrantedImmigrantsIllegalCitizenshipSupreme Court Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Who in their right mind ever thought that the birth of a child to an illegal immigrant converted to citizenship? A lot of people believe it. It's not in the 14th Amendment. You know where it is? It's in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4.” PeopleKnowsMindBelieveChildrenBirthImmigrantsIllegalArticlesAmendmentsCitizenshipSectionsIllegal ImmigrantsClausesBirth Of A Child14th AmendmentSection 8 Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Congress decides who becomes a citizen and how. To automatically say the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship, no, we can't change that. Amending the Constitution, not possible, takes too long. We gotta find another way of dealing with this. No, we don't, because it's not there. You don't have to amend the Constitution.” WayLongCitizensConstitutionCongressGrantsAmendmentsCitizenshipAnother WayCan't ChangeBirthrightAmending The Constitution14th Amendment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Let's remind ourselves that offering an opportunity for somebody to register to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles has been required by federal law for decades now. We know it as motor voter. So whether it's motor voter and people registering on paper or online voter registration, we have the protocols in place to keep people who are not eligible to register to vote from registering, whether it's for citizenship status, whether it's for age or any other reason.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensReasonAgeLawOpportunityPaperVoteDecadesDepartmentOnlineVotersOfferingVehicleCitizenshipMotorRegisterProtocolRegistrationVoter RegistrationMotor Vehicles Author:Audie Cornish
“I will fight every single day to pass comprehensive immigration-reform legislation with a path to citizenship.” FightingPathImmigrationReformLegislationCitizenshipComprehensiveImmigration Reform Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think my most important advice is to understand what are the foundations of a healthy democracy and how we have to engage in citizenship continuously, not just when something upsets us; not just when there's an election or when an issue pops up for a few weeks. It's hard work.” ThinkingImportantHardDemocracyIssuesWeekAdviceHard WorkHealthyElectionFoundationPopsUpsetCitizenship Author:Barack Obama
“The Supreme Court of the United States of America will never under any circumstances allow anyone to be stripped of their citizenship because they burned the American flag. And if you don't believe that, you haven't been reading constitutional law for the past seventy years.” IfsYearsBelieveStatesAmericaPastLawReadingUnitedUnited StatesHavensCircumstancesCourtDon't BelieveSupremeFlagsBurnedUnited States Of AmericaCitizenshipSupreme CourtSeventiesAmerican FlagConstitutional Law Author:Joe Scarborough
“The election of Barack Obama was a very wonderful step forward for America, which has unfortunately been tainted by the ugly reaction of some right wing activist who are doing their best to cast aspersions on his character and to question his religion and citizenship.” CharacterAmericaStepsWonderfulElectionWingsCastsUglyReactionsBarackActivistCitizenshipRight WingSteps ForwardTaintedAspersion Author:Jimmy Carter
“There are ordinary spaces where people do, more or less, share neighbourhoods. In Haifa, there are whole communities that are more or less integrated. But of course that is with Palestinian Israelis who have, for the most part, accepted certain kinds of cooperative models, and also accept second-class citizenship.” PeopleKindWholeCertainCoursesCommunitySpaceAcceptingClassShareModelsOrdinaryAcceptedPalestinianCitizenshipIntegratedCooperativesNeighbourhoods Author:Judith Butler
“One of the revelations in that book [Lincoln in the Bardo] for me was this idea about citizenship. Even that word - citizenship - for someone my age, it makes me cringe. But, to me, the political space we're in now argues for a reboot of fairly simple ideas and the examination of the way that Americans have not been living into them.” WayBookIdeasAgePoliticalSimpleSpaceArguingRevelationsCitizenshipExaminationCringeSimple Ideas Author:George Saunders
“The law exists for lots of reasons. In the case of migration, the law exists to maintain the integrity of America. We allow immigrants here, happily so. We don't deny legal immigrants a path to citizenship in this country. But beyond that, since we can't take in everybody, since everybody can't come here, it's physically not possible - well, it is. You know you could put the population of the world inside the state of Texas in 1,500-square-feet homes. I mean, you wouldn't want to, but you could do it.” KnowsWorldWantWellsMeanCountryStatesReasonHomeAmericaLawCasesPathFeetIntegrityPopulationDenyImmigrantsTexasSquaresCitizenshipMigration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“People who have been hardworking, tax paying, those people ought to be given an opportunity to be on a track that leads towards citizenship and if that happened, then they wouldn't be prey to the employers who say we want you because we know that you work for a salary we could not lawfully pay anyone else.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantHas BeensOpportunityGivenPayHappenedOughtTaxesTrackCitizenshipPreyEmployersSalaryHardworking Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“One thing that concerns me is that today's young women don't seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women. They know there are no closed doors anymore, and they may take for granted the rights that they have.” KnowsMenMaySeemsGovernmentCareTodayYoungRightsDoorsOne ThingEqualMen And WomenConcernFundamentalsInstrumentsStatementsGrantedYoung WomenCitizenshipStatureClosed Doors Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Regardless of what ideological twist people may have, about 90 to 95 percent of our population [in Puerto Rico] really values our citizenship. It's of utmost importance.” PeopleMayValuesPercentImportancePopulationCitizenshipTwistsIdeologicalPuerto RicoRico Author:Ricky Rossello
“The dirty little secret is Donald Trump's views are not all that different from the rest of the Republicans in the field. Nobody in the Republican field supports a path to citizenship. They're all pretty tough on immigration.” LittlesDifferentViewsSecretSupportPathFieldsTrumpRepublicanToughImmigrationDirtyCitizenship Author:Eleanor Clift
“If we have a Democratic Senate I think the Republican Party will wake up to the reality that their opposition to comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship is a losing proposition. That Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric and derogatory comments do not really work in a national election. And I think we'll have a better chance to actually get something done.” IfsThinkingDoneRealityChancePartyPathTrumpRepublicanLosingWake UpElectionDemocraticImmigrationReformOppositionCommentSenateRhetoricCitizenshipRepublican PartyPropositionsComprehensiveImmigration ReformDerogatory Author:Hillary Clinton
“Quebecers are happy in Canada. We are benefiting economically and fiscally from belonging to Canada. We're proud of being Canadian. It's a great country. Everybody on Earth envies our Canadian citizenship.” CountryEarthProudEnvyCanadaBelongingCitizenshipGreat Country Author:Philippe Couillard
“It is true that the principle of national citizenship, associated with rights, and the control of a country's borders are two key aspects of modern 'sovereign' nation states as they emerged in the Westphalian order. But there has been much progress since 1648.” Has BeensTwoCountryStatesOrderNationsPrinciplesRightsProgressModernKeysAspectBordersSovereignCitizenship Author:Kofi Annan
“Singapore and China, which don't want to encourage democratic citizenship, are expanding their humanities curricula. These reforms are all about developing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.” WantHumanityCultureInnovationDemocraticChinaEntrepreneurshipReformDevelopingCitizenshipExpandingSingapore Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“I take my citizenship extremely seriously. I find myself drawn to the Constitution more and more with each passing day of Donald Trump's presidency.” ConstitutionCitizenship Author:Samantha Bee
“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag -if they do, they must be consequences -perhaps loss of citizenship or year in a jail.” LossConsequenceCitizenshipAmerican Flag Author:Donald Trump
“Antonin Scalia was saying, and Donald Trump knows this as well, the answer to it is not to punish people, to shut 'em up, to put 'em in jail. The answer is more speech. If there's some clown burning the flag, drape yourself in the flag and go run around right in the guy's face and start telling him how much you love America. Donald Trump's not gonna put anybody in jail. He's not gonna strip their citizenship. This is how Donald Trump tells people what he thinks about it.” PeopleThinkingRunningCitizenshipClown Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Having my Canadian citizenship is a blessing at this time, and there's a part of me that feels very much one foot in and one foot out, and I know I can go back to Canada whenever. There are a lot of things that Canada does really well are the same things that are very messed up in the U.S., but I know that's a pretty self-centered stance. I don't know. It can be pretty discouraging, particularly in a city like New York. It's hard to see so many of the issues happening in the country in an up close way, but at the same time, there's a sense of positive solidarity here.” CountryBlessingSolidarityCitizenshipDiscouraging Author:Tei Shi
“There is no global anthem, no global currency, no certificate of global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag.” CurrencyCitizenshipPledgeAnthemAmerican Flag Author:Donald Trump
“I always say there's no ticket of admission for active citizenship. Anybody can get through that gate, and anybody can ask that basic question that gets the ball rolling.” GatesCitizenship Author:Ralph Nader
“I believe we should build a wall - it might or might not slow immigration but it's worth a try and certainly that would provide political cover for the right when they compromise on other approaches to immigration. On the other hand, I believe there should be a path to citizenship for people who have been law-abiding except for having coming to the U.S. illegally.” PeopleTryingBelievePoliticalI BelievePathWallImmigrationCompromiseCitizenship Author:Robert J. Samuelson
“Immigration. There's two plans on the table. Hillary and I believe in comprehensive immigration reform. Donald Trump believes in deportation nation. You've got to pick your choice. Hillary and I want a bipartisan reform that will put keeping families together as the top goal, second, that will help focus enforcement efforts on those who are violent, third, that will do more border control, and, fourth, that will provide a path to citizenship for those who work hard, pay taxes, play by the rules, and take criminal background record checks.” BelieveHelpingTogetherChoicesI BelieveGoalEffortPathFocusHard WorkTaxesViolentImmigrationCitizenshipFamily Together Author:Tim Kaine
“Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents. And both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship. So if you're born here, but your parents don't have documents, they want to eliminate that. That's another 4.5 million people.” PeopleParentCitizenshipPropose Author:Tim Kaine
“What I think I represent is a patriot who has no political baggage behind him that has dedicated his entire life to serving America and all segments of our citizenship. I think I bring an element of appeal to a very broad spectrum of Texans to include veterans, the middle class, the lower class and the Hispanic population, obviously. But, also, I think there is this leadership quality that has to be taken into consideration.” ThinkingPoliticalQualityTakenConsiderationMiddle ClassDedicatedPatriotCitizenshipVeteranHispanicTexan Author:Ricardo Sanchez
“I favor a form of cosmopolitanism that takes nations very seriously, particularly because of the role of national law in sustaining or, unfortunately, undermining human rights. Some cosmopolitans take the metaphor of global citizenship - the etymology of the word, after all, just comes from a Greek phrase meaning citizen of the world - to rule out taking national citizenship seriously. I think that's a big mistake. Why can't I be loyal to America and to humanity? After all, I can be loyal to America and to New York city!” ThinkingWorldHumanityMistakeHuman RightsMetaphorGreekLoyalCitizenshipBig Mistake Author:Kwame Anthony Appiah
“I spend most of my time in South Korea but at least one-third of my time is spent traveling around the world, meeting people, speaking about climate change and sustainable development and trying to foster global citizenship especially for young people. What I observe is there clearly is a need for global citizenship. That is exactly right. We are having troubles around the world. We need global vision.” PeopleWorldTryingVisionTroubleMeetingsClimate ChangeCitizenshipSustainable Development Author:Ban Ki-moon
“We need to create jobs for 300,000 youth graduating from high school in the next three years. We need to produce growth so we can have an economic system that can turn our natural wealth into a productive system. We need services, because poverty reduction cannot take place without effective citizenship.” SchoolGrowthNaturalWealthPovertyEconomicYouthHigh SchoolProductiveGraduatesCitizenship Author:Ashraf Ghani
“When there are deportations, you better believe there are families involved - there are parents being separated from their children. It doesn't reflect our values as Americans, and I don't think it fixes the issue. I think there would be a lot of advantages to creating paths to citizenship for people who are already working here so they are contributing to our economy.” PeopleThinkingBelieveChildrenValuesParentEconomyPathCitizenship Author:Diane Guerrero
“The public citizenship oath done in a court in front of a judge and one's fellow citizens should be done publicly.” DoneJudgingCitizenshipOath Author:Jason Kenney
“My response to my friend Naheed Nenshi was simply to say that some of the hyperbolic language that's being used to critique this sensible reinforcement of the public nature of the citizenship oath is, I think, unhelpful, and is actually inflaming the situation.” ThinkingLanguageSituationResponseSensibleCitizenshipOathCritique Author:Jason Kenney
“Naheed Nenshi is a friend of mine. We - he - knows how close I am to all of the cultural, ethnic, and religious communities in Canada, particularly his own Ismaili community. By the way, the vast majority of Canadian Muslims, particularly Ismaili Muslims that I know, strongly support our government's reinforcement of the public nature of the public citizenship oath.” CommunityReligiousSupportCitizenshipOath Author:Jason Kenney
“The law in Russia bans "propaganda of homosexuality," which is defined as dissemination of information that can cause harm to the spiritual or physical development of children, including forming in them the erroneous impression of the social equality of traditional and nontraditional sexual relations. It's a law that actually enshrines second-class citizenship - it makes it a crime to claim social equality.” ChildrenSpiritualCrimeRelationImpressionPropagandaHomosexualityCitizenship Author:Masha Gessen
“Having music in the schools, having art in the schools, having art in your life, should not be heroic. It should be every day. Having things we've paid for years ago and that we depend on kept up - our schools, our political institutions - should not be a heroic act. It should be part of our daily citizenship. The idea that we had to do this incredibly exhausting, two-year-long, very expensive, labor intensive, community-based action, is, one the one hand unbelievably great, and, on the other hand, really depressing.” ArtActionSchoolPoliticalLaborHeroicDepressingCitizenship Author:David Lang
“I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.” CountryCitizensCitizenshipRenounce Author:Antonio Banderas
“Republicans and Democrats are obsessed with making sure that illegal aliens are granted citizenship. The American people are not. They're concerned about jobs, the economy, debt. They're concerned about a plundering country. They're concerned about a decaying, dying country.” PeopleCountryJobsEconomyDyingRepublicanConcernedDemocratDebtAliensGrantedObsessedIllegalCitizenshipIllegal Aliens Author:Rush Limbaugh