Jacqueline McKenzie Quotes

I got my green card and everything through my work, even before marriage or anything like that, so you really have to follow the rules and do everything the right way to be able to accomplish that, so it was big... I had my green card for so long.

We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa - not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid.

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.

Hereafter no State court or court of the United States shall admit Chinese to citizenship; and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Everyone that've been here, working, living as Americans - just give them a green card.

In the U.S., those requesting a Green Card must take an oath that they will fulfill the rights and duties of citizenship.

I'm a Canadian citizen, but I do have a green card.

I plan on becoming an American citizen and bringing over my family.

Immigration is tough. My daughter-in-law is going through the immigration process as we speak.

Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give me a Green Card, so I airily told her I'd write a book.

No American should be forced to choose between their spouse and their country.

When they discover I have a green card there may be some problems.

I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.

Hereafter no State court or court of the United States shall admit Chinese to citizenship.

Citizenship obtained through naturalization is not a second-class citizenship.

This grant of citizenship to U.S.-born offspring is one of several factors that make illegal immigration attractive. The primary draw, of course, is the availability of jobs, but there is evidence that at least some illegal immigration is for the purpose of gaining citizenship.

On immigration reform you don’t get a bill without a path to citizenship .

Let's not confuse the words immigrant and alien.

I still have a Japanese passport. I haven't become an American citizen, and I am worried about getting deported every day.

Foreigners may be admitted to citizenship by naturalization, either collectively or individually. Collective naturalization may occur when a foreign territory and its inhabitants are transferred to the United States.

Humanity does not come with citizenship or a green card.

The year I married my American husband, I won the lottery - and I tried to give it to somebody else, because I was already approved - not the money lottery, the immigration lottery.

You follow the law. Every few months, you need to fly back to Europe and stamp your visa. After a few visas, I applied for a green card and got it in 2001. After the green card, I applied for citizenship. And it was a long process.

My parents were desperately trying to become documented citizens of this country and tried very hard to get there, but to no avail.