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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (270297)	1/28/2006 12:56:35 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573076

Nowhere in the EU. Ireland (Eire) had such a law and was forced to obsolete it to be allowed to join the EU. Taro

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (270297)	1/30/2006 3:32:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 1573076

Re: Tell me, what is the anchor baby law in Belgium at this time? If a baby is born there from foreign parents is it automatically a Belgian citizen? No, although that's the case in France (if I recall correctly --I'm not a lawyer!). I think that all a foreign teenager born in Belgium (eg, a Moroccan or Congolese teen) has to do is to apply for Belgian citizenship when s/he reaches majority at 18 years of age. In almost all cases s/he will be granted Belgian nationality/citizenship --unless s/he has a serious criminal record or the Sûreté de l'Etat feels "hesitant" about it.... Acquisitions de la nationalité La qualité de national est obtenue à la naissance (attribution) ou postérieurement (acquisition). Elle est transmise par le sang (au moins un parent national) ou obtenue par application de textes dans lesquels le premier critère est le lien au territoire (résidence et durée de séjour), c'est le droit du sol. Notons qu'il existe une modalité supplémentaire, marginale en termes statistiques : un bon footballeur étranger (ou chanteur ou manager ou tirailleur...) sera naturalisé pour services rendus. En Belgique et aux Pays-Bas, le droit du sang était paternel et masculin jusqu'en 1985. Ces deux pays ont également une disposition concernant le double droit du sol ("est nationale toute personne née sur le sol national, de parents qui y sont eux-mêmes nés"). Ils possèdent également des règles en matière de droit du sol simple, pour les personnes nées sur le sol national de parents qui n'y sont pas nés. Ce droit a de grands effets en Belgique, de petits aux Pays-Bas. La naturalisation, à l'inverse a de grands effets aux Pays-Bas et de petits en Belgique. Le tableau ci-après donne le pourcentage des acquisitions de nationalité par déclaration (essentiellement droit du sol simple et mariage, ou, dit autrement, les acquisitions qui ne sont pas par naturalisation ou réintégration) sur le total des acquisitions. La principale qualité est que les premières sont de droit alors que les secondes sont une prérogative de l'État (grande première mondiale, ce n'est plus vrai en Belgique avec la loi de mai 2000 qui crée un droit à la naturalisation - voir la Lettre n° 45-) [...] lettredelacitoyennete.org

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (270297)	2/4/2006 6:30:48 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 1573076

Re: Deportation and law changes to reduce incentive are better ideas than incarceration. OTOH, about 30% of federal prisons are filled with illegals now. Thank goodness your GOP friends at Halliburton/KBR will fix that mess: February 4, 2006 Halliburton Subsidiary Gets Contract to Add Temporary Immigration Detention Centers By RACHEL L. SWARNS WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 — The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract worth up to $385 million for building temporary immigration detention centers to Kellogg Brown & Root, the Halliburton subsidiary that has been criticized for overcharging the Pentagon for its work in Iraq. KBR would build the centers for the Homeland Security Department for an unexpected influx of immigrants, to house people in the event of a natural disaster or for new programs that require additional detention space, company executives said. KBR, which announced the contract last month, had a similar contract with immigration agencies from 2000 to last year. The contract with the Corps of Engineers runs one year, with four optional one-year extensions. Officials of the corps said that they had solicited bids and that KBR was the lone responder. A spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jamie Zuieback, said KBR would build the centers only in an emergency like the one when thousands of Cubans floated on rafts to the United States. She emphasized that the centers might never be built if such an emergency did not arise. "It's the type of contract that could be used in some kind of mass migration," Ms. Zuieback said. A spokesman for the corps, Clayton Church, said that the centers could be at unused military sites or temporary structures and that each one would hold up to 5,000 people. "When there's a large influx of people into the United States, how are we going to feed, house and protect them?" Mr. Church asked. "That's why these kinds of contracts are there." Mr. Church said that KBR did not end up creating immigration centers under its previous contract, but that it did build temporary shelters for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Federal auditors rebuked the company for unsubstantiated billing in its Iraq reconstruction contracts, and it has been criticized because of accusations that Halliburton, led by Dick Cheney before he became vice president, was aided by connections in obtaining contracts. Halliburton executives denied that they charged excessively for the work in Iraq. Mr. Church said concerns about the Iraq contracts did not affect the awarding of the new contract. Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, who has monitored the company, called the contract worrisome. "With Halliburton's ever expanding track record of overcharging, it's hard to believe that the administration has decided to entrust Halliburton with even more taxpayer dollars," Mr. Waxman said. "With each new contract, the need for real oversight grows." In recent months, the Homeland Security Department has promised to increase bed space in its detention centers to hold thousands of illegal immigrants awaiting deportation. In the first quarter of the 2006 fiscal year, nearly 60 percent of the illegal immigrants apprehended from countries other than Mexico were released on their own recognizance. Domestic security officials have promised to end the releases by increasing the number of detention beds. Last week, domestic security officials announced that they would expand detaining and swiftly deporting illegal immigrants to include those seized near the Canadian border. Advocates for immigrants said they feared that the new contract was another indication that the government planned to expand the detention of illegal immigrants, including those seeking asylum. "It's pretty obvious that the intent of the government is to detain more and more people and to expedite their removal," said Cheryl Little, executive director of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center in Miami. Ms. Zuieback said the KBR contract was not intended for that. "It's not part of any day-to-day enforcement," she said. She added that she could not provide additional information about the company's statement that the contract was also meant to support the rapid development of new programs. Halliburton executives, who announced the contract last week, said they were pleased. "We are especially gratified to be awarded this contract," an executive vice president, Bruce Stanski, said in a statement, "because it builds on our extremely strong track record in the arena of emergency management support." nytimes.com