DHS wants green card holders' fingerprints (CNET)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/cnet/20081219/tc_cnet/83011357831012662538
アメリカでは、永住許可もらっている人全員に出入国の際、指紋採取が行われるようになるだろう、という話
non-citizens who hold green cards and are allowed to live in the U.S. -- to be fingerprinted and have their faces photographed by DHS whenever they return from abroad at a U.S. airport or land border entry point.
In fact, the final rule makes it quite clear that the departing Bush Administration sees lawful permanent residents as quite different from U.S. citizens.
"As a legal matter," the rule observes, "LPRs, although allowed to stay and work in the United States permanently, are still 'aliens' and subject to immigration law."
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/features/news-analysis/1275.html
http://s04.megalodon.jp/2009-0103-0629-42/www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/features/news-analysis/1275.html
永住許可あっても外国人は外国人、エイリアンはエイリアン、ということであります。
因みに、永住許可証について、
Permanent Resident Card
http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/information/pr-card/index.asp
Permanent residence (United States)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Permanent_Resident_Card