Undocumented immigrants in New York could become 'state citizens' under new bill

[hrmjustin]

ERIN DURKIN

Undocumented immigrants in New York could become “state citizens” with a slew of benefits from driver’s licenses to voting rights under a bill to be introduced Monday.

Advocates are set to announce the measure that would allow immigrants who aren’t U.S. citizens to become New York State citizens if they can prove they’ve lived and paid taxes in the state for three years and pledge to uphold New York laws — regardless of whether they’re in the country legally.

The state bill, which would apply to about 2.7 million New Yorkers, will face long odds in Albany, where even more modest immigration reforms have failed to pass.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/citizens-n-y-u-s-article-1.1830866#ixzz34oQJWQ23

[Historic NY]

1. What makes this different than any sovereign or secessionist

movement?

[hrmjustin]

2. It won't pass.I think it is primary politics.

[hrmjustin]

3. Rivera and Camara Put Up Immigration Bill They Admit Won’t Pass

http://observer.com/2014/06/rivera-and-camara-put-up-immigration-bill-they-admit-wont-pass/


It is political.