Government
Apr. 7, 2007
A Dream Deferred
Forum Column - Julia Harumi Mass, Ranjana Natarajan and Cecillia D. Wang - According to the ACLU, a masterpiece of bureaucratic bumbling is shriveling the hopes of countless people aspiring to be U.S. citizens.
By Julia Harumi Mass, Ranjana Natarajan, and Cecillia D. Wang
"This is my dream - to become a United States citizen, " said Alia Ahmadi, a 73-year-old grandmother who has been waiting for almost five years to become a U.S. citizen. Like thousands of others trapped in legal limbo, all she wants is to fulfill the American Dream. Ahmadi came to the United States from Afghanista...
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