http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/21/nation/na-widows21
Constitutional Connection:
Article I. Section VII
"Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it.---"
Analysis of Connection:
In this article "Congress passes green-card bill for spoused of deceased U.S citizens" the congress passed a new bill in October '09 in regards to citizenship for widows of U.S citizens before their green-card application has been accepted no matter how long they have been married. The previous bill stated that the couple had to be married two years before this could happen. In that, hundreds of widows were deported.
This bill has only passed in the Congress, it has been sent to president Obama for approval. I believe that the bill will be passed when it gets to the president even though, from reading this article there does not appear to be valid evidence as to why the bill should become law, it made it past congress so it has a good chance. On this topic, I do not have a solid stance because I am not familiar with the way citizenship works or the motives of non-U.S citizens who marry U.S. citizens. Some may marry just to become citizens, but others may be genuinely wed and deserve the right to be a citizen if they have been with someone fighting for our country.
Although people have different stances on this topic, they have come to an agreement that spouses of these U.S citizens should be granted citizenship no matter how long they have been married if they are widows of fighting citizens.
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