Philip Ruddock, the immigration minister, has taken a backward step by introducing a kind of second-class citizenship for some refugees.

ECONOMIST: Huddled masses

Parents who refuse to properly nurture and educate their children are consigning them to a life of poverty and second-class citizenship.

FORBES: The War on Bad Parenting

Though Rosa Parks was not the first to confront the injustice of segregation laws, her courageous act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- 381 days of peaceful protest when ordinary men, women, and children sent the extraordinary message that second-class citizenship was unacceptable.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

They met, and fell in love, in an American citizenship class.

WHITEHOUSE: Celebrating Citizenship Day by Welcoming New Americans

For the first time since King Hussein revoked their citizenship rights, today there appears to be a willingness among members of Jordan's ruling class to engage in discussion toward reinstating them.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: No heroes in Act Three