[DumpsterDiver]

But..because the government considers us Non-Immigrant Aliens we are not able to obtain citizenship...

If you don't mind me asking... what kind of a visa do you guys have? Would you have to leave the U.S. in order to change your status? It sounds like you're stuck between a rock and a hard place.

As for the illegals, well, the graphic you posted says it all! :-)

[MD_Willington_1976]

I currently have a TN Visa (http://travel.state.gov/tn_visas.html) and an I94 document, my wife has TD (dependant status = not allowed to work) My son was born in Idaho so he is already an American citizen. Since I am from Canada (insert Canuck joke here) I fall into a NAFTA catagory. Now the biggest thing that we are worried about is that if we leave the USA we will have to get a new WVP Visa (http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/shared/lawenfor/bmgmt/inspect/vwpp.htm), so the road to naturalization is geting really bumpy for us.