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kt	Feb 22nd 2001 1:31 am

I've heard of a Clinton law that became effective in January. It is supposed to grant
you citizenship if you have been here illegally for at least one year. Is there any
truth to that?

Thanks

kt

Mark Carroll

Feb 22nd 2001 4:05 am

>I've heard of a Clinton law that became effective in January.

That's possible. There has been various immigration stuff lately.

>It is supposed to grant you citizenship if you have been here illegally for at least one
>year. Is there any truth to that?

I rather doubt it!!

-- Mark

Apwpronto

Feb 22nd 2001 9:58 am

>>It is supposed to grant you citizenship if you have been here illegally for at least one
>>year. Is there any truth to that?

>That's possible. There has been various immigration stuff lately.

You gotta be ****ing kidding me. How naive or desperate do you have to be to believe this
shit<rhetorical question>

Can you imagine what happens if such ridiculous joke get implemented as law<rhetorical
question> Millions of illegal border-hoppers(Mexicans) become citizens, which it defeats
the whole purpose of this country letting those beaners in for cheap labor.

Enough said...

goodwin

Feb 22nd 2001 10:58 am

Yes it is true, very true, go to this link for more advice.

http://www2.apex.net/users/thehydes/245i.html

> I've heard of a Clinton law that became effective in January. It is supposed to grant
> you citizenship if you have been here illegally
for
> at least one year. Is there any truth to that?
>
> Thanks
>
> kt
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>

Apwpronto

Feb 23rd 2001 8:43 am

>Yes it is true, very true, go to this link for more advice.

No, it is not true at all. Read the poster's original posting again. This idiot sounds
like any illegal immigrant, who is in the States for at least one year gets a free pass
for citizenship.

The one that you're saying "true" is about the marriage and the life act which it has
nothing to do with granting anybody any citizenship. All it does is that it grants
adjustment of status under 245i for foreign spouses of American citizens and residents
without or out of status.

Chris Moorehead

Feb 23rd 2001 12:47 pm

>>I've heard of a Clinton law that became effective in January.
>
>That's possible. There has been various immigration stuff lately.
>
>>It is supposed to grant you citizenship if you have been here illegally for at least one
>>year. Is there any truth to that?
>
>I rather doubt it!!

It seems unlikely given that it takes a minimum of 3 years (if you have a US spouse, 5
years otherwise) to get citizenship as a legal permanent resident.

Chris
--
CHRISTOPHER J. MOOREHEAD Durham, NC [email protected]

"Many people would sooner die than think. In fact, they do."

-- Bertrand Russell

John Kao

Feb 23rd 2001 10:26 pm

Where did you hear that ? If that's the case, whats all the H1b workers doing ? just
become illegal and one year later, you are home free. No need to wait for LC, I140, I485,
and commitment to company after GC.

Seriously, how can this happen ? The closest I've heard was it tried to bring the registry
from 1972 to 1986, which means if you are here before 1986, you can apply for adjustment
(GC). But I don't think it got passed.

> I've heard of a Clinton law that became effective in January. It is supposed to grant
> you citizenship if you have been here illegally
for
> at least one year. Is there any truth to that?
>
> Thanks
>
> kt
>
>

Sylvia Ottemoeller

Mar 17th 2001 3:41 am

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This may be a reference to a proposal by Senator Gramm for a guest worker program. It
would provide for one year of employment authorization to anyone, after which the
person would return to his home country. "Undocumented workers already in the United
States would be encouraged to participate and, as part of the program, would be
enrolled and required to return to Mexico at the conclusion of their employment." Uh
-- I'm sure.

See http://www.senate.gov/~gramm/press/guestworker.html.

D'Olier

Feb 15th 2002 2:25 am