Political Quotes

“After the fifth year they are no longer eligible. As the Senator from California knows they are eligible, after a 5-year period, to apply for citizenship. Once they apply for citizenship and are accepted, they would again be eligible if, in fact, they need be. As the Senator from California knows, the hurdle for getting their citizenship in this country is not extraordinary. So if people are, in fact, in such desperate condition as the Senator suggests, I think the answer would be, in fact, to get these people into citizenship programs. I suggest that is a positive thing. As we all know, those who are noncitizens who do not know the language or cannot, in many cases, successfully interact into the economic mainstream of our country, obviously have a much more difficult time succeeding. So, in fact, forcing or encouraging citizenship would be a positive thing for many of the people that we are talking about here. I think that has to be looked at. No. 2, we are talking about a 1-year transition.”