CITIZENSHIP

Articles and editorials

Citizenship Is the Key, S3413 [24AP]

Illegals Acted on Rumors of Amnesty, S2681 [31MR]

Immigrant's Story, E1331 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide ceremonies on or near Independence Day for administering oaths of allegiance to legal immigrants whose applications for citizenship have been approved (see H.R. 5323), H2338 [9MY]

Immigration: extend the special adjustment of status to certain aliens who are married to U.S. citizens and parents of a U.S. citizen child (see H.R. 5747), H4957 [10JY]

———provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a U.S. citizen child should not be ordered removed from the U.S. (see H.R. 5035), H1196 [28MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: increase competitiveness in the U.S. (see H.R. 5744), H4916 [29JN]

Medicaid: delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 3590), S6634 [28JN]

———repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 2305), S1413 [16FE] (see H.R. 5023), H1195 [28MR]

Voting: require proof of U.S. citizenship as a condition of registering to vote in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4844), H563 [2MR]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Hodges, Ted, E284 [7MR]

Letters

Repeal Medicaid requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance: Beth Giesting, Hawaii Primary Care Association, S1425 [16FE]

———Jeffrey B. Caballero, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, S1426 [16FE]

———John McComas, AlohaCare (organization), S1426 [16FE]

———Larisa Casillas, Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network, S1426 [16FE]

———Lynn Kersey, Maternal and Child Health Access (organization), S1425 [16FE]

Repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance under the Medicaid program: Georges C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association, S1887 [8MR]

———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S1886 [8MR]

———Jeanette Zanipatin, California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative (organization), S1885 [8MR]

———Joseph Villela, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, S1885 [8MR]

———Laurence M. Lavin, National Health Law Program (organization), S1886 [8MR]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S1886 [8MR]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S1886 [8MR]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: assist members in obtaining U.S. citizenship, H3232 [25MY]

Children and youth: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S., H3263 [25MY], H3370, H3371 [6JN]

Citizenship Day: observance, E1293 [27JN]

Civil rights: definition relative to issues of same-sex marriage or immigration, H3709 [9JN]

Constitution-U.S.: interpretation regarding birthright citizenship, H2946, H2947 [19MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: consolidate citizenship and immigration databases into a comprehensive database to improve customer service and enhance national security and public safety (H.R. 4412), H1294 [29MR]

———establish a moratorium on new immigration applications until the backlog of existing applications have been processed, H3367 [6JN]

Hammond, IN: tribute to naturalization ceremony participants, E1347 [29JN]

Immigration: prohibit funding to States or localities that restrict information on an individual's citizenship or immigration status, H4731-H4733 [28JN]

———reform process for legal immigrants to obtain green cards and qualify for citizenship, E1331 [29JN]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: assist members in obtaining U.S. citizenship, S2593 [30MR], S5164 [25MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: codify oath of allegiance, enhance English language and American history and civics education, and establish an award to recognize contributions of new citizens, S2564, S2588 [30MR], S2718, S2722 [3AP], S3412 [24AP]

Immigration: conduct lottery to grant citizenship to certain aliens from underrepresented countries, S4874-S4877 [22MY]

———establish program that awards visas to aliens with advanced degrees in science, mathematics, technology, or engineering, S5066-S5071, S5092 [24MY]

———require payment of a supplemental application fee by aliens seeking citizenship to assist States with border security, S5063-S5066, S5091 [24MY]

———require payment of a supplemental application fee by aliens seeking citizenship to assist States with health care and educational costs of noncitizens, S4773, S4774 [18MY]

Medicaid: delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (S. 3590), S6726 [28JN], S6736, S7176 [29JN]

———delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (S. 3590), unanimous-consent request, S6737 [29JN]

———repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (S. 2305), S1424-S1427 [16FE], S1885 [8MR], S4446 [11MY]

Social Security: exclude work done by illegal aliens with fradulent identification prior to change of immigration status from calculation of benefits, S4739-S4747 [18MY]

Texts of

S. 2305, repeal Medicaid requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance, S1425 [16FE]