Camila Alves Quotes

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.

I can't do theatre in the US,' she says, 'because I don't have 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.

After this interview, I'm going to immigration to try to sort out my Green Card, just like any other normal person.

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

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

I remember my father taking us to meeting with lawyers, interviews with immigration officers, doing everything he could to get us that treasured Green Card - and the happiness, the sense of relief, when he finally did - we knew that we were welcome now, and we would be welcome tomorrow.

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.

We should not blur the lines between legal and illegal immigrants. Millions of people around the world have gone through the process to come here legally and they followed the rules that required them to pay a fee, learn English, and learn about American history and government.

As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.

I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.

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

There is no such thing as free immigration. Every self-governing nation is going to determine what sort of people it will admit through its boundaries.

I doubt if most native born Americans could pass the Citizenship test required of immigrants without a lot of hard study.

For those who have come here illegally, they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go back home and get in line with everybody else. And if they get in line and they apply to become a citizen and get a green card, they will be treated like everybody else.

It was a really big deal to become an American citizen the right way. You have to work really hard, and it is such an honor to be able to say that.

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.

The 1986 act didn't turn illegal immigrants into citizens on the spot. It granted temporary resident status only to those who could prove they had resided continuously in America for five years. After 18 months, their status could be upgraded to permanent residency, and only after another five years could they become U.S. citizens.

I will support a path to citizenship if it does not fall within the definition of amnesty, and we've got to define what amnesty is in this country.

I am overwhelmed and I am glad I can make my parents proud by becoming a Canadian citizen. It has been a long journey becoming a Canadian citizen.