I know and that has been a big issue over time. Keep in mind that those days were mainly when we were still a melting pot with floods of aliens arriving daily from all points. That is no longer the case (at least not legally). Hard to believe that our country was built by floods of immigrants but it definitely was. That is how my many grandparents arrived here from England, Norway, and Germany. Many people still feel today that we should return to our roots and open our borders completely and let whoever wants to come here get in for free with full citizen rights. Afterall, that is how were were built. Yet, could you imagine the number of people arriving daily if that were done? There is also no longer any free land for squatters...

Hey, women haven't even had the right to vote for a hundred years yet! Only since 1920...

>Tracy;
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>Speaking of voting rights of non citizens:
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>http://users.skynet.be/suffrage-universel/us/usvoal.htm
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>We were a racist nation in the nineteenth century and we still are. Today it is inconceivable for many citizens of the United States, to allow aliens the right to vote.
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>Think Tammany Hall and boss Tweed and the list goes on. Times change and so do people - sometimes! :)
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>Tom
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>>I'm sorry, but personally I do not feel that green card holders should be allowed to vote. I feel personally that that benefit should be afforded to U.S. citizens only. In what other country are non-citizens allowed to vote? I'm sure there must be some but that does not make it right. I realize that you pay taxes on your income but you also reap the benefits and services that paying those taxes provide (all except the right to vote). I do not think that anyone should be able to come to the U.S., work here and reap the benefits of being in the U.S. for free. U.S. citizens do not get that advantage. We pay too much in taxes ourselves as it is and will for as long as we earn income.
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>>>Hi Dragan,
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>>>I know a little of what you are going through. It seems like our friends at the INS go to the Nth degree to make it difficult for someone who wants to come to the US legally and yet looks the other way when it comes to all the illegals from Mexico.
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>>>I am originally from Canada and have been here in the states on a green card since '76. It was fairly easy for me to get as my wife was was a dual citizen. My brother, on the other hand, spent years and thousands of dollars on immigration lawyeres to get his green card.
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>>>I also have taxation without reprsentation as I can't vote having only a green card, but I don't want to give up the ability to work on both sides of the border, which I do frequenty.
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>>>I wish there was something we all could do to help you out of your dilema.
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>>>Good Luck
>>>Bruce
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