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| STATE PETITION SUBMISSION FORM
LEGAL IMMIGRATION AMENDMENT OFFICIAL PETITION TO YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS Directing your State Legislators to make a Constitutional Call, under Article V of the United States Constitution, instructing Congress to convene the Legal Immigration Amendment "Single Issue" Convention
Text of the proposed LEGAL IMMIGRATION AMENDMENT ARTICLE 28 (or alternate number to be assigned by Congress) Section 1. America’s Immigration experience is unique among nations and revered by the American people. It is the right of citizens to receive from America’s Immigration policies protection from immigrants entering the United States illegally and from temporary visitors overstaying their visas and other entry permits. Section 2. Legal immigrants applying for and eventually being approved for citizenship in the United States from all countries shall not exceed 150,000 a year. The total number of immigrants that can be granted citizenship in the United States from any individual country shall not exceed 5,000 a year. Section 3. The United States Congress shall determine the qualifications of individual applicants who are applying for citizenship. Congress shall also determine which countries of origin are authorized to send immigrants to the United States. Section 4. The United States Congress is authorized to grant citizenship through amnesty to persons who are in the United States illegally when: one, two thirds of both Houses of the United States Congress agree that such amnesty should be granted and; two, the maximum number of individuals who are in the United States illegally and who would be granted citizenship through amnesty in a given year must not exceed 50,000. Section 5. All illegal immigrants, including those who have over stayed their visas or other entry permits, must be returned to their countries of origin within six months from the date this Article is ratified by the States. Individuals who have been returned to their countries of origin can apply for citizenship or temporary entry permits through proper United States immigration authorities. Section 6. Individuals who are born in the United States to parents who are in the United States illegally shall not be granted citizenship. Citizenship shall be automatically granted to persons born in the United States when at least one parent is a legal citizen. Section 7. To secure the rights of citizens the provisions of this Article shall govern immigration policies for the United States of America. The provisions of this Article are enforceable within the United States which shall include the Several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the territories and possessions of the United States. Section 8. Congress shall have the power to enforce by appropriate legislation, the provisions of the Article.
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