Grijalva will offer Tohono O'odham citizenship bill

Members of the Tohono O'odham Nation roamed freely on a reservation that stretches as far north as Gila Bend and as far south as Hermosillo, Son., for thousands of years.

But crackdowns on border crossings in the past decade have impeded their ability to come and go on both sides of the international border.

A sample of the problems created around the globe by the artificial drawing of boundaries. On a local level kids are often included in one school district or another depending on which side of the street they live. Unless exceptions are made kids the same age living across the street from each other can’t attend the same schools.

Were these members born inside (in the common sense of the term) US borders to US (again, in the common sense of the term) natives? Why would there be any opposition to this?

My guess he wants to "give" that which is not his to give. US citizenship to Tod'oham who are born in Mexico. BTW> These clowns are not poor even if the wealth doesn't filter down. They have a casino/

http://www.itcaonline.com/Tribes/tohono.htm

The Tohono O’odham Nation is comparable in size to the state of Connecticut. Its four non-contiguous segments total more than 2.8 million acres at an elevation of 2,674 feet. Within its land the Nation has established an Industrial Park that is located near Tucson. Tenants of the Industrial Park include Caterpillar, the maker of heavy equipment; the Desert Diamond Casino, an enterprise of the Nation; and, an 23 acre foreign trade zone.

The lands of the Nation are located within the Sonoran Desert in south central Arizona. The largest community, Sells, functions as the Nation's capital.

Of the four lands bases, the largest contains more than 2.7 million acres. Boundaries begin south of Casa Grande and encompass parts of Pinal and Pima Counties before continuing south into Mexico.

San Xavier is the second largest land base, and contains 71,095 arcres just south of the City of Tucson. The smaller parcels include the 10,409-acre San Lucy District, located near the city of Gila Bend, and the 20-acre Florence Village, which is located near the city of Florence.

The landscape is consistently compelling: a wide desert valley, interspersed with plains and marked by mountains that rise abruptly to nearly 8,000 feet.

As of December, 2000, the population was reported at nearly 24,000 people.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Tohono+O%27odham+Nation+

My guess he wants to "give" that which is not his to give. US citizenship to Tod'oham who are born in Mexico.

This is the part that concerned me. It's many a mile between the US/Mex border and Hermisillo, MX. And how many Mexicans have been inbred with Indian Tribe in the last 150 years, and there's the no birth record thing. It's just that for Grijalava's first bill, it seems like another attempt to make up for the failure of the Amnesty bill.

And another thing, when I see a bill about citizenship, I am upset by the wording "grant citizenship" as opposed to "allow application for citizenship", you know, the screening process for eligibility? Sounds like a Grijalva Grab Bag plan.

What do you mean "clowns" I am not a clown and if you saw me in front of you I assure you that you would not be laughing. These O'odham were not all born in Mexico they were born here on this side of the border and some served in the U.S. military and fought in wars since World War 1 . Not granting them the right to be citizens of this great country which they helped defend is a crime against your own patriotism.

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