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Legal immigrants in pot industry fret over citizenship bids

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Legal immigrants in pot industry fret over citizenship bids

DENVER (AP) — Officials are warning legal immigrants that working in Colorado’s marijuana industry could jeopardize their legal status, after two people said they were denied U.S. citizenship because of their jobs. Although 10 states broadly allow its use and sale, federal law still bans marijuana.

Attorneys representing the two legal immigrants from Colorado and Denver officials accused the Trump administration of quietly targeting immigrants seeking to work in the expanding field. Immigration advocates said Thursday they have seen others denied citizenship based on past or ongoing work in cannabis-related jobs, but it is not clear how many cases exist.
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Trump targeting immigrant workers in the pot industry? Who could dream up such a nightmarish situation?
 
JacksinPA said:
Legal immigrants in pot industry fret over citizenship bids

DENVER (AP) — Officials are warning legal immigrants that working in Colorado’s marijuana industry could jeopardize their legal status, after two people said they were denied U.S. citizenship because of their jobs. Although 10 states broadly allow its use and sale, federal law still bans marijuana.

Attorneys representing the two legal immigrants from Colorado and Denver officials accused the Trump administration of quietly targeting immigrants seeking to work in the expanding field. Immigration advocates said Thursday they have seen others denied citizenship based on past or ongoing work in cannabis-related jobs, but it is not clear how many cases exist.
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Trump targeting immigrant workers in the pot industry? Who could dream up such a nightmarish situation?
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Our laws have been this way for decades, it has nothing to do with Trump.
 
ajn678 said:
Our laws have been this way for decades, it has nothing to do with Trump.
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exactly
same limitation which prevents the industry's access to federally insured banks and non-bank entities also limits one's ability to become a naturalized citizen
sucks but is another example why the law needs to change
had hillary come out in support of decriminalization of cannabis laws, that would have been enough motivation to get younger voters to show up at the polls ... and not deny naturalization to the likes of the subjects of the thread
#137 on the list of reasons hillary ****ed up her chance to be president
 
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