What does my mother think?

I had asked my mother a couple of question about how she feels about this topic, she had some interesting points. She does not appose of tighten up the border but she does believe in allowing our people come in with work permits. She has noticed that some Latino's that come to this country bring too much of their life style to North America. In Latin American countries it is ok to sit outside and drink at all hours of the night but now here. She believes that these people should become more civilized and understand the situation that they are in. "They need to get their act together because they are making us looks bad."
My mother and her family came to this country for a better life for themselves. They were able to get better apportunites. My mother says that she would not like to move back to her country, she prefers living here, its a better lifestyle.

How children feel about immigration

Swine Flue infections in Mexico

Most of Mexico has been under quarantine since Thursday because of the flu pandemic. In order to decrease the spread of the swine flue, the border has been closed, no one is allowed in or out. There have been cases in California, Arizona, Texas, New York, New Jersey, New Zealand and many more. Many people have pasted away from the swine flu, but most death have been in Mexico. No one is really sure why so many people in Mexico are dying but everywhere else it has been mild. There have been 176 reported deaths in Mexico, in order to reduce the counts President Calderon has closed down businesses but many of the citizens are saying "Cure worse than the disease".

For more information visit:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE53N22820090430

A story about a determined woman wanted to reunite her family

Thousands gather for town hall meeting on immigration
By WDBO Staff @ March 28, 2009 4:42 PM
By Nicole Blake

Janell Vasquez may not see her husband, Sebastian, for the next nine years, but in the mean time, she is fighting to bring him home from Mexico.
Over the past year, she has compiled hundreds of documents concerning his legalization process, including messages she's sent to state senators, reference letters and papers from the National Visa Center.
Her nightmare began in January 2008 when the couple received a letter instructing them to go to the US Embassy in Mexico to obtain her husband's passport, visa and additional documentation.
Sebastian Vasquez hasn't been home since.
"My 2-year-old son needs him," said the Orlando woman.
Families that have been torn apart by the nation's immigration system shared their stories with thousands who gathered at an Orlando church on Saturday for one of many town hall meetings across the country.
More than 1,500 people from around the state joined US congressmen and church leaders as part of a 20-city tour to document the urgency for immigration reform. US Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill addressed the crowd of mostly hispanic families and encouraged them to let their voices be heard.
"All he [President Barack Obama] has to do is call his secretary of Homeland Security and say, for humanitarian purpose, until the Congress of the United States acts" those who were deported can "go home to their husbands and their wives," Gutierrez said. "It's as simple as that."
Robert Cote from Tavares is fighting a legal battle over whether his wife will stay in the US or be deported. She was detained by police in February while serving as an interpreter during a domestic abuse call.
"With a lot of immigrants, they might be able to intimidate them and hold them down," Cote said. They're not going to hold me down. She is married to someone that's not going to be quiet."
Future town hall meetings are scheduled in Detroit, Philadelphia and San Jose, Calif.

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The Beginning of the movemet

Obama Speaking at the Immigration Rally

Obama, Hispanic Dems to huddle on immigration

  By Jared Allen
Posted: 03/17/09 03:15 PM [ET]
Hispanic Democrats will have their first West Wing meeting with President Obama on Wednesday morning to discuss immigration reform, according to Democratic sources.

The meeting is the first face-to-face sit-down between Obama and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) since the president was sworn in. Some in the CHC have recently expressed frustration that Obama has not talked more about immigration in his first two months in office.

Immigration reform is front-and-center on the group’s agenda.

CHC is eager to hear the president’s ideas and proposals for tackling immigration reform, not only regarding a comprehensive reform bill that could provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented workers but also as it relates to rolling back Bush administration policies of raiding workplaces and detaining and deporting thousands of illegal workers.

CHC members came away from a recent meeting in the Capitol with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano — a day after her Senate confirmation hearing — very encouraged that the workplace-raids policy would be fully reviewed and possibly altered.

Yet, CHC has expressed frustration that Obama has not yet gotten the message on how damaging the raids are to Hispanic communities across the country.

CHC has made the raids and their human cost the new focus of its immigration reform push, although a comprehensive reform bill remains very much a priority for the group, and one that it is encouraging Obama to push.

Hispanic Democrats are continuing their nationwide tour of cities where raids have been conducted to drum up public support for curtailing the practice. During an event in San Francisco earlier this month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the raids “un-American" and spoke out on the need for comprehensive immigration reform

Pelosi Tells Illegal Immigrants That Work Site Raids are Un-American

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/18/pelosi-tells-illegal-immigrants-work-site-raids-american/

Here is an article from News Daily of how Obama will have a reform this year on immigration.

Obama to address immigration reform in coming months

President Barack Obama will present plans for immigration reform this year, Hispanic lawmakers said Wednesday after strategic talks at the White House.
Obama "was clear and eloquent and determinate to let us know that we are all together in the route of comprehensive immigration reform," Democratic lawmaker Luis Gutierrez told reporters after the discussion between the president and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC).

"We believe that we are moving forward this year, we are going to work with the president," added CHC leader Nydia Velazquez.

Obama will convene a public forum on the issue "probably in two months," according to New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez.

The White House said in a statement that the meeting was "robust and strategic" and that Obama will work with CHC members to address immigration reform "in both the short and long term."

Two legislative measures to reform immigration failed to gain traction in Congress in 2006 and 2007, as lawmakers grappled with the task of addressing the 12 million undocumented would-be immigrants in the United States.

In the meeting CHC members made "absolutely clear that this is the civil rights issue of our community and that we will all be judged on how we act on this issue," added Gutierrez.

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