Critics say PRs enjoy the benefits of citizenship without all the responsibilities, such as national service for men (first-generation PRs are generally exempt).
Advocates say without that path to citizenship, there would be no incentive for illegal immigrants to come forward and register with authorities.
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Citizenship is empty without concern for our fellow citizens, without the ties that bind us to one another and build a common good.
Legal immigrants benefit from the opportunity to reside within the United States without having to acquire U.S. citizenship.
This is true whether or not Israel grants them full citizenship with voting rights or permanent residency without them.
Mr. Saverin now holds Brazilian citizenship, where he was born, and permanent residence in Singapore, a status that allows foreigners to stay in the city-state without visa restrictions and opens the door to full citizenship later on.
But the analysis does measures some impacts of the bill, which aims to secure the border, create new avenues for workers to come legally to the U.S., ensure employers don't hire workers here without legal status, and give a path to citizenship to the millions already here illegally.
Several categories of children could become largely stateless, including those with parents who can claim dual citizenship, are in a temporary visa status or without legal status.
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Most people take passports and citizenship for granted, except those who have ever been without one of them.
"We're feeling very optimistic on immigration: Aspiring Americans will receive the road map to citizenship they deserve and we can modernize 'future flow' without reducing wages for any local workers, regardless of what papers they carry, " AFL-CIO spokesman Jeff Hauser said in a statement.
Aliens without green cards, dishonorably discharged military employees and anyone who has renounced American citizenship are barred from handling explosives under the new law.
He said he would not vote for the pathway to citizenship part of his original immigration reform plan because the American people do not want it without securing the borders first.
In July 2011, Albert gave an emotional televised address, appealing to political leaders to display "modern citizenship" to bring an end to a drawn-out crisis, which left the country without an elected government for a world-record one-and-a-half years.
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