The greatest accomplishment of the United States of America is that we have molded that magnificent diversity into one nation. based upon a set of common principles. language. and traditions. That is why the words above the desk of the Presiding Officer say one from many. not many from one. And that is why a comprehensive immigration bill is not complete unless we help prospective citizens who are legally here become Americans. We could look to Great Britain and France to remind us of how fortunate we are to have had two centuries of practice helping new citizens become Americans. Last August. when he announced a number of measures regarding British citizenship. Prime Minister Tony Blair said: People who want to be British citizens should share our values and our way of life. These new rules were spurred by the terrorist attack in London in which four young men. three of whom were the Britishborn children of Pakistani immigrants. bombed the London subway system. France is facing a similar period of selfexamination on integrating immigrants and the children of immigrants following violent civil unrest this last November. According to the French Ambassador: These teenagers feel alienated and discriminated against both socially and economically. They dont want to assert their difference.
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