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Yvette Barraza

Immigration Rally Draws Thousands - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • “We need a law that says it is un-American for a mother to be torn from her child, and it is unacceptable to undermine our work force by driving the most vulnerable among us further into the shadows.”
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      Example 1: mother separated from her child.
  • President George W. Bush twice failed to get Congress to pass similar legislation.
  • Mr. Obama recently said his administration would pursue reform this year but expected no action on legislation before 2010.
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  • Mr. Obama recently said his administration would pursue reform this year but expected no action on legislation before 2010.
  • I’m here representing the undocumented workers who cleaned ground zero and its surrounding area after the 9/11 terrorist attacks
    • Yvette Barraza
       
      Example 2: Rubiela Arias, an illegal immigrant, is a positive impact and shows respect to United States by helping a country she is not given rights to.
  • Ms. Ferschke’s son, Sgt. Michael Ferschke, a 22-year-old Marine radio operator, was killed in Iraq in 2008, leaving his Japanese widow and their infant son in immigration limbo.
    • Yvette Barraza
       
      Example 3: a soldier who passed in war, left his illegal family behind. His mother wants his family to be given full rights after her son's honorable work towards the United States.
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    Positive examples of positive impacts why illegal immigrants should be given the rights as any other native American
Yvette Barraza

Immigrants to Be Proud Of - New York Times - 0 views

  • The facts show that the recent rise in immigration hasn't been accompanied by social breakdown, but by social repair
  • My third argument is that good values lead to success, and that immigrants' long-term contributions more than compensate for the short-term strains they cause.
  • By the second generation, most immigrant families are middle class and paying taxes that more than make up for the costs of the first generation.
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Katt Blackwell-Starnes

Immigration Rally Draws Thousands - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Immigration overhaul faces a difficult road. President George W. Bush twice failed to get Congress to pass similar legislation. Mr. Obama recently said his administration would pursue reform this year but expected no action on legislation before 2010.
    • Katt Blackwell-Starnes
       
      What is the holdup in Congress? Is there anything printed about why Congress is so adverse to passing immigration reform?
Yvette Barraza

Immigration Amnesty - 0 views

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    This page states the process immigrants have to go through to become a citizen or have a temporary job in the United States.
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