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KIN VEQUISO

THE TERMINAL
HOW IMPORTANT CITIZENSHIP TO YOU?

THE TERMINAL IS AN EXAMPLE WHICH IS REQUIRES CORE

KNOWLEDGE OF OUR COUNTRY THAT IS C RITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE IDEA THAT
ALL CITIZENS ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE L AW .
THIS MOVIE IT IS ABOUT A MAN WHO BECOMES TRAPPED IN NEW Y ORK CITY S JFK
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TERMINAL WHEN HE IS DENIED ENTRY INTO THE UNITED
STATES AND AT THE SAME TIME CANNOT RETURN TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY DUE TO
A REVOLUTION.
CITIZENSHIP, EIGHTER INHERITED OR EARNED BY IMMIGRANTS , PROVIDES THE BASE
KNOWLEDGE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO OPERATE IN THIS COUNTRY , SO RATHER THAN
GETTING A COUPLE HUNDRED TOGETHER AND HEADING DOWN TO THE TRAFFIC COURT
TO BUY YOUR OF TROUBLE YOU GET A COUPLE OF HUNDRED TOGETHER AND PAY A
FINE .
SO

CITIZENSHIP PROVIDES AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUNTRY THAT IS NOT

OTHERWISE THERE. BUT WE GO BACK TO DOCUMENTS THAT WERE WRITTEN BY

HISTORIANS, OR JOURNALISTS , AND WE DOCUMENT THAT EVENTS AS THEY WERE

GOOD, BAD, OR UGLY . AND THAT IDEA IS PART OF WHAT WE CONVEY WHEN A PERSON
BECOMES CITIZEN .
AND BEING A CITIZEN AS OPPOSED TO JUST A RESIDENT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE BY
BEING A CITIZEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND YOU CAN APPLY FOR A SUPPORT
AND TRAVEL WHEREVER YOU PLEASE WITHOUT A FEAR OF NOT GETTING BACK INTO
YOUR ADOPTED COUNTRY . THERE ARE ALSO PRIVILEGES AS IN BEING ABLE TO APPLY
FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS ETC . THAT YOU CAN T AS A LEGAL ALIEN AND/ OR PERMANENT
RESIDENT.

C ITIZENSHIP ALSO A SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS EXTENDED TO PEOPLE BY THE

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OF AMERCA IN ORDER TO MAKE SOMEONE
KNOWLEDGE -ABLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE . IT HELPS THEM TO HAVE CONFIDENT AND

TRUST IN DEALING WITH OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE . YOU FEEL TO BE TRUSTWORTHY

RESPECT AND IN GOOD SPIRIT.

AMERICAN C ITIZEN IS AS A GOD S
GIVEN GIFT TO AN INDIVIDUAL, SO WALK ON AND REJOICE RECEIVED THE BLESSINGS
OF G OD FOR THE FREEDOM AND THE P URSUIT OF HAPPINESS OF BEING US C ITIZEN
WITH THE H ELP OF OUR G OD FATHER ALMIGHTY , THAT IN HIM THINGS ARE P OSSIBLE.
AND CAN WALK IN THE DAILY LIFE WITH DIGNITY
THAT CARRYING YOURSELF THE TRADEMARK OF