PUBLIC FORUM.Denying citizenship Re ``The birthright fight'' (Editorial, Dec. 29): This editorial wants us to believe that according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Section 1 of the 14th Amendment anyone born in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. is automatically a citizen. This amendment was enacted to grant citizenship to former slaves. The Supreme Court (Slaughter House Cases, 1873) ruled that the phrase ``subject to the jurisdiction thereof'' was intended to exclude ministers, consuls and citizens or subjects of foreign states born within the United States. Section 5 gives Congress the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of the 14th Amendment. H.R. 698, the Citizenship Reform Act of 2005, is now being considered in the House of Representatives to deny automatic citizenship to children of illegals. - Dominick Odorizzi Northridge Drastic measure Re ``The birthright fight'' (Editorial, Dec. 29): We have probably thousands, maybe millions, of people living in the U.S. who cannot speak English. Many of them have been born here to illegal immigrants. Isn't it really ridiculous to condone someone coming into this country illegally, allowing them to remain, have children, and be supported by working people like me? How do you think I feel when I ride the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. every day to work and back and see women with a bunch of kids, all speaking a foreign language, enjoying the educational, social, recreation and economic benefits for breaking the law? I am sorry to disagree with Verb 1. disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" the Daily News, but drastic measures have to be taken to curb the current immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. problems. - Michael Rives Language Rive (plural : rives) is a French word meaning "bank" (of a river). Geography Rives is the name of several places: France Rives is the name of 2 communes in France:
Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Mayor photo op Re ``Mayor: Recycle your trees'' (Dec. 30): Is there one duty or goodwill gesture that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. can perform without posing for a publicity picture? First it was potholes, now recycling Christmas trees. Not only do we have to see these photo ops, but now we have the written story of how he had on a ``working shirt and gloves'' to perform the task. How about a mayor that really gets things done and not one that just smiles for the camera? - Pamela Franklin Granada Hills Government pride Re ``Patching No. 80,173'' (Dec. 28): What's with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his pothole pothole, in geology, cylindrical pit formed in the rocky channel of a turbulent stream. It is formed and enlarged by the abrading action of pebbles and cobbles that are carried by eddies, or circular water currents that move against the main current of a stream. program? He just stopped it when it was getting good. The program filled 80,173 potholes for only $450,000. There are another half million throughout the 470 square miles of Los Angeles, and it apparently costs only $5.61 per pothole to fix. The regular pothole program suffers from the lack of political will to get Street Services workers to find potholes on their own. They just drive by 100 potholes to fill the one they are assigned to fill. Where has pride gone in Los Angeles city government? - Carl Olson Woodland Hills Has to spy When national security is at stake the president has to spy, even if he is breaking the law and may suffer the consequences. Since 1973, the Democratic Party has endorsed and approved immoral behavior to prevail, all in the name of ``rights.'' Why did President Nixon have to keep an eye on to watch. - Shak. See also: Eye the Democrats? Scanning is sometimes necessary to protect American liberties. Every institution knows something about its clients. Combining them, everything is known about people. What is there to hide? - John J. Curti Tarzana No justification Regarding Thomas Sowell's Dec. 15 article about the media getting war stories backward: He asks if there's anything about our casualty rates during this Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. that makes them more severe than other wars. My answer is, yes. The main distinction is this was was started on lies and distortion. We were not attacked as in World War II. Therefore, any death or wounded American soldier is more severe. Why are they dying over there? Sowell cites, by pure numbers, we've lost fewer troops than other wars. That's not justification for current deaths. - Cliff Bigler Canyon Country |
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