President Barack Obama is set to deliver a major speech about immigration policy this coming Thursday, July 1st, at 10:30 AM from the campus of American University in Washington, DC.

The President will re-affirm his commitment to immigration reform in the wake of Arizona’s racial profiling laws and ask Congress to finish the work it started on comprehensive immigration reform before key players backed away from the table. The momentum we’ve been building is finally paying off with a strong commitment from the President that immigration reform is a priority for him and his Administration.

We’ll be liveblogging the speech below when it starts, but in the mean time let us know in the comments section what you’d like to hear from our President!

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  • Grenoso2012

    Mr. President I have been married to my Mexican wife in Ohio legally by a judge in our county in 10 years ago… Yet we tried to get her marriage visa done at the US Immigration and naturalization office and they made us pay to get a paper stating she could get her visa she was approved but would have to go to Mexico and get it from The Mexican Consulate?? But our immigration attorney said she would be denied it by them as punishment and forced to stay in Mexico 10 years then she could get her visa????? See the way it works is since her mother and her and the kids were caught by border patrol coming into the US when they initially cam here then they turned around the next day and came back (sold everything they had to come here and no place to go at all ) the only way for my wife to get her visa now is to go back to Mexico for 10 years ? NOW WHAT IS THAT??? IT WASN’T EVEN HER FAULT SHE CAME HERE????? SHE WAS DOING WHAT HER FAMILY TOLD HER TO LIKE EVERY AMERICAN GIRL SHOULD BE DOING HERE NOW!!!!! She is a better American than most Americans???? Next Her Dad has been here for 12 years and works 2 jobs as does her mother they pay all their bills have a very nice apartment and cars (although they cant get Ohio drivers license etc…)and have been at the same jobs for many years. Now because of the new laws towards un documented workers we take care of them completely . My wife was 17 years when she was forced to come here with her mother and her 4 yr. old niece and 5 yr. old nephew . Bringing them to her older brother and her and her mother carried them through the desert day and night to get here. They didn’t have a home in Mexico because the kids mother physically abused them and abandoned them, They all could have died in the desert or hurt or worse. I have been with my wife a total of 10yrs married and 2 years as my fiance because i wanted to respect their customs….. So we did and i have seen 1st hand all the atrocities against them all…. As an American I am absolutely ashamed of our society as a whole the way they portray the “Bad Eggs” ……. From what I have seen they are wonderful people with high moral standards and very high morals who just want the land of opportunity as we all do.Come on most of these people have come here the same way as all white European’s did as immigrants! My heritage is Irish, German, French, English and I know my family came as immigrants???? In fact my own dad was a Canadian citizen who became an American citizen ” and was so proud of it right before he died.Truthfully the only real true Americans are the “American Indians” not anyone of us at all?? When i hear my fellow Americans it makes me sick! I am 6′ 220+ lbs and believe me i can defend myself and my family and i will be damned if anyone talks bad about the ones I love….. We have a 9 yr. old daughter we have a small business my wife speaks fluent English and reads at a college level……. We are teaching our daughter both cultures which we think is awesome !!!!! Then she sees her cousins and other family members around her that don’t get the same opportunity as us American’s do you think she understands that at 9??? i think all these idiot Americans out there should realize their is a lot of children in her shoes in this country now seeing the same thing who were born here. In fact my daughter has European blood on her mom’s side from Mexico???? We need to do something about this terrible travesty NOW!!!!!! We need to realize our country was founded on immigrants and having all these races etc…. MAKES US A WHOLE LOT STRONGER AS A COUNTRY! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!

    A Very Confused American Democrat “BUSINESS OWNER” and loving Husband and Daddy!

  • http://www.usmleworldwide.com/c-1-Usmle-Step-1.ashx USMLE Step 1 Books

    I agree this comment ….
    It is almost 8 years I visited my parents, they are sick. Please expedite EB-3 category for India. It will take 12 years to get green card. I already waited for 7 years.

  • Sun

    Dear President,
    It is almost 8 years I visited my parents, they are sick. Please expedite EB-3 category for India. It will take 12 years to get green card. I already waited for 7 years.

    Thanks
    MKM

  • http://sheworships.com Yvette Tschanz

    Thank you so much, this was a good read. I was actually born in Spain ( not telling when though!) but moved around europe and lastly settled in Britain when I was a teenager. I dont remember much of the few years I was in spain, but the delicious smell of spanish food always seems to get me going or something. It’s weird how I dont remember anything except the smells,isn’t it! I actually found a whole internet site dedicated to spanish recipe, which gave me great delight and thought I really should to share with your readers. Anyway, thank you again. I’ll get my husband to add your website to my rss app…

  • http://yourownonlinebusiness.net/category/seo/ Donald Lew

    I think Obama will hedge his bets, and do a Grover Cleveland. Let the GOP take the hit in 2012/2016 and come back in 2020.

  • farooq azam surahio

    Hi Mr. President, i m living in Pakistan while my family is living in New york,U.S.A. i got deported in 2007 for a crime i did 1999. i would like to know if i be able to come back to my mom, dad, brother, and sister? I got incarcerated when i was 18years old. I have been living in Pakistan for last 3 years sir.

  • http://discount-blinds-online.com/blindsonline.html Rory Sida

    Barack and Michelle Obama are greattogether, even if we dont agree with their politics!

  • val laurent

    Mexicans, and Mexico needs desperately to reform their own country first! and not seek the refuge of the United States as an answer to their long term economic and social woes.

    illigal immigrants must abide by the laws of the united states with first and foremost becomeing documented immediately.

    Secondly they must wait their turn for immigration status and must prioritise those families and people who have been waiting in line first and legally and not reward illegal immigrants who do not respect the law or culture of the land.
    Last but not least mexico and mexicans desperately need reform in their own country, mexicans need a Ceasar Chavez type labor reform in mexico to address adequate living wages in mexico and adequate working conditions in mexico including adequate production levels of agricultural goods to sustain all laborers and families and not rush to the united staes to fullfill their needs to prosperity. Mexico is a very rich country with ample available infrastructure and resources to address the needs of its citizen with adequate refroms. mexicans do not need to leave mexico to have a good living standard and education and health care but can develop it AT HOME!

  • val l.

    Immigration consideration for legal documented immigrants first.

    Others who chose not to respect the united states and its laws and culture should be penalised and denied.

    More cooperation needed with the mexican governement to make this happen as well as mexico should reform its labor laws and create wage reform to adequately suite the needs of its citizen so as to not needing to cross the border to look for adequate paying employment as many mexicans rather remain mexican citizens. Ceasar chavez in mexico is needed for mexican labor reform!!!!!!

  • liliana

    MY NAME IS LILIANA I AM A U.S CITIZEN AND I COME FROM A FAMILY THAT TAUGHT ME THAT NO MATTER WHAT COLOR OR WHAT LANGUAGE U SPEAK WE R ALL THE SAME!!!! NOW I ASK MY SELF IF THE UNITED STATES IS MADE OF IMMIGRANTS WHY START TAKING ACTION NOW IF THE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA IS SO WORRY OF THE IMMIGRANTS HERE IN THE U.S SHOULDN’T SHE BE SETTING THE EXAMPLE!!!!!!!!!! NOW IF YOU THINK THE IMMIGRANTS ARE TAKING YOUR JOBS WHY DON’T I SEE THOSE WHO SAY THERE ARE PROUD TO BE AMERICANS OUT IN THE FIELDS FIGHTING FOR THERE JOBS THAT THEY ARE DESPERATELY CRYING FOR!!! AND THEY SAY WE ARE TAKING THERE JOBS WHILE THERE LIVING OFF WELFARE AND ANYTHING THEY CAN GET FREE!! WHILE THE IMMIGRANTS CAN’T LIVE OFF WELFARE NOR FREE MEDICAID BECAUSE WE ARE IMMIGRANTS AND WE ACTUALLY PAY OUR MEDICAL BILLS AND PAY OUR RENT,OUR FOOD!! WHILE YOU PROUD AMERICANS CAN’T EVEN DO THAT!!! !!!I SAY IMMIGRATION REFORM NOW !!

  • Hector m. neri

    Mr. president Obama I’m a mexican ilegal migrant. And I want that you help to every migrant to take the residence,because we are worker people, we aren’t criminals.I’m diesel mechanic, I have a job for more dan 8 years but I need my legal residence because I have lived here in usa for 10 years, and I need go to see my family….. they are in mexico. I hope you understand my situation and help me and help to everybody. my english maybe is no good so my write is bad, but I’m going to learn more in the adult english classes. thankyou mr. president obama my name is Hector m. neri and I’m livig in Watsonville ca. bye and have a nice day.

  • Maria J. Campa-Pyles

    We need to know who is here, what better way than to let the people that have been here over 5 years to have a type of registration. THen they are fingerprinted & photographed in the county where they live, theis will be all put into a data base that can go all over the country. Then they pay a $1,000 fee for a year, with this they have permission to work & get a drivers license. Then they come back in a year & if they have committed a crime more than a misdemeanor they are sent back to whatever country they are from, of not then they can repay the fee, get another picture taken then they are OK for another year. This will even create more jobs b/c there will be a specific place that these people can do this at in each county.

  • Diana

    is this site even run by real people?I have tried to request my postings removed everywhich way and only found one way on the store that was being run by another site.this is concerning me who created this site?as the contact mail clients are inactive and can only think these two people created the site yet they do not offer a way for people for immigration reform to contact them in anyway?To complain,to ask a question noting other then posting to the blog…i dont even think you can unsubscribe.well if the creators of this site read this please remove my past postings as they were made in my sleep although it sounds unbelievable i can type withought looking.it sounds unbelievable to me and I state again am shocked what I wrote in my dream state as i state again it made no sense and was very discriminatory and i beieve a violation of your site and should be removed.Thankyou and please contact me when removed and to everyone else I am so sorry and am embarassed I was doing a college paper on this and was researching and found the postings on this site interesting and for both sides so came here to help me write my paper with different non racist views on both sides of the debate.and remember immigrants built america thats what our ancestors were so to be hateful to immigrants now is just spewing hate could you hate your grandmama or grandpa I couldnt and would not.

  • Diana

    I am an avid reader of this blog and noticed I have been posting on here and would like my postings removed as they were written in my sleep although i find it strange in my sleep i am responding to other postings this is not my views I wasnt even aware until this time that i was reading “my own comments”and it alarms me what i have been writing in my sleep.I tried contacting the moderator but the mail client is not valid or inactive. I feel so embarassed and shocked I would write such ramblings and make no sense at all please remove my post or posts I believe the name for post is Diana.I guess I was in the middle of a dream post because thats how i found out I was writing in my sleep.please email me to rectify issue.And I dont know whats triggering my i guess you can call “sleep typing”but guess its the negative news media on this issue.pleaase rectify and i will stop watching the news or unplug my computer to stop this from happening so sorry and in remebmering the post i read I personally am not like that and feel i should appologize for writing such things in my sleep.Any one have an experience like that or know how to deal with sleep walking or doing things in there sleep could you post or give me a site to cure?thankyou and god bless america and all immigrants as thats what this nation is all about.and god bless presidant obama as he trys to rectify and cure all issues hopefully he is not like all the other presidents and does what he promise to do.thats troublesome I was actually typing other posters names and arguing with them when i agree with them.Too much negativity i guess all around.

  • Diana

    Dear laura riccon,and Margarita I am not a sad or lonely person I am quiet happy.But I want change and want what is broken fixed.I am not misinformed I see it everyday,grew up in it and am sick of it. I am not hatefull I am stating my experiences and they have happened am I saying it happens with every illegal immigrant no i am not.I am biracial and I AM NOT PREJEDUCE.I am stating my life experiences in dealing with illegal immigrants some good but mostly BAD!!!I have seen first hand ILLEGALS laugh as they recieve benefits for coming here illegally.and i am writing in capitals so maybe you fully understand as I am not writing about LEGAL IMMIGRANTS who did it right and came here lawfully and respected this country to learn english and actually do love it here and are proud to be here. But if you interperate what I am writing as hatefull sorry I meant that in no way and would like to know why it was interperated as such.I guess I wrote too much and gave too much information of things i witnessed and had done to me and guess i used this as an avenue to release…sorry I see i went off topic in my previouse writings but it was a good release for me.The points that i should have made were this

    1.If you come here illegally then your here illegally and should be deported sorry if you decided to have children here and gain free access to state and goverment institions to afford providing for you family and now will be seperated from them but you made that choice for your self if you want to bring your family with you do so.
    2.Illegal immigrants working here who do not pay back into the economy do not help and for the 10 percent that do does not make up for the 90 percent that do not.
    3.countrys who do not care to pay back what there citizens illegally took from america should pay back.Expecially the countrys that teach there citizens how to do so and get free goverment aid and send back the money to jump start there economy.
    4.lets do away with welfare,social security,and goverment aid as it is doing nothing but allowing people to live free and stay that way its more of an incentive to stay and not move up and instead implement other avenues of bettering oneself like educational aid,housing for people who want to gain a job and be something with free food and housing but no money in there hands to do wrong with like buy drugs,booze,lottery tickets etc also free transportation to do so.That is what welfare was all about at one time and now its all about for some people a way to live an easy life.There are people who should be on disibility like people with medical injurys that make them unable to work and people with learning dissibilitys although there are places that hire mentally handicapped like walmart and they are happy they are working but for people unable to maintain a job or who have gotten to old age that is where social security and food and medical belongs as they have no other avenue to make it.And this aid should go to only legal immigrants and americans not illegal immigrants as they came here illegally and have not put into our economy to get such aid they should apply in there own country and if there is no such thing in there country vote,protest,sign pettitions and write to your leader who should care about you more then about makeing money as you are the back bone of that country.
    5.I think that for LEGAL immigrants who have worked here and have put into this economy they deserve to get taxes back at the same level americans do.And deserve the same benefits as americans do.
    6.America is not gaining financially and is going bankrupt in helping people not from this country in many avenues.If we are to go bankrupt what country is going to help us? NONE.More likely america would be faught over each country staking there claim taking our resources for themselves,and god only knows what will happen to the people of america.states are becoming bankrupt california to name one how long will it be before every state is bankrupt?When washington becomes bankrupt how will america support ourselves?our gold reserve is drying up and the american doller will soon be worth nothing the euro is worth more then a doller here when just a few years ago 1 measly american doller was 100 there and china our money was worth thousands but not today.
    7.Sorry to add this but I have known that legal immigrants can apply to own there own business tax free for 10 years and funded freely by the us goverment and also once there 10 years up it has been known that they pass it along to another family member extending it another 10 years tax free and goverment funded.If they can get that so should americans.I personally would love to start a business wouldnt you as an american?and if you want to say i am misinformed on that LOOK IT UP and you will see i am not lying or making it up it has also been known that legal immigrants owning htere own business send money back to there familys in there country and maybe a law should be implemented to hinder this as it doesnt help this country at all.
    to back me up on this look statistically how other countrys are gaining in wealth compared to our country how is that happening?Also I have friends who are legal immigrants have admitted in doing so and yes they know my views and are not insulted in the least and have read my postings.I can type 350 words per minute so only spend at most 10 minutes writing my views and do have a job and a life and quite happy so me being a lonely,sad,or inept.I have my facts strait in response to carmen whether looking statistacally,reading events,or living IT so how am i scary or misinformed my dear?I have seen with my own eyes passing the welfare office where person goes in comes out and gets into there expensive new car and gold chains with there new welfare card in hand(maybe there drug dealers i dont know)while I wait for the bus across the street to save on gas.
    8.Why should we reward a person who came here illegally a free pass?when so many wait to be here legally. Thats a smack in the face of people who do it right.And basically saying you broke the law and heres your reward for doing so.
    9.It may cost money to be here legally but that is the point in being here legally they are doing the right thing are going through the right avenues to do so and are busting there rearends to gain there dream legally pretty soon no one is going to want to be here anyways as there will be no more dreams and only poverty since america has paid so much out not only to people here illegally but has paid out in aid to other countrys.AMERICA will be free for the taking and its people who are now its citizens pushed out for the new ruling country may it be russia,mexico,turkey,or china how do you think they would treat us?Would they truly treat us with dignity and give us jobs and aid like we do for them?
    10.Why not take a day and look at statistics fact is fact,read the news or listen to it,research and you for yourself will see america has been declining in all forms for quite some time and there are statistics to support why also.shoot look at a picture of the same location 50 years ago and look at it today whats more appealing the one today or the one back then?Which picture shows that the place is kept up and taking care of.I bet you a 1000 its the one from 50 years ago.And i am not stating in just “white areas”but in all areas whether of hispanic,african,or chinese.America is becomeing overpopulated and resources are decreasing.Look at all the additives in food to stretch it further.really supplying no real nutritonal value at all.High fructose corn syrup is made from corn what nutritional value does corn have? none just a filler a starch.Velveeta cheese doesent even taste the same anymore it ued to be made of cheese now look at the ingrediants ewwwl.just oil and flavor and added crap.Just to keep up with the supply and demand and to make money.Quality is going down hill to keep up with illegal overpopulation and current population pretty soon there will be shortages.And in me stating soon I do not mean in the next 20 years but soon enough.Pretty soon meat and other foods will have fillers just to keep up with the population.and if you think i am way off base look at statistics again or even look at the food labels and compare the ingrediants to 10 years ago and you will see there are alot more fillers then nutritional value today then there was 10 years ago.
    11.America is overpopulated,overpolluted,and crime and poverty are on the rise as current americans are unable to maintain there jobs and gain help.News coverage has storys of this everyday from medical professionals,goverment,and community workers due to budget cuts and other things.Where did all the money go that now these peoples jobs are lost.not in america as it seems america is getting poorer and poorer and not getting out of the whole even though many things have been cut and implemented upon.
    12.There are so many issues in america yet america chooses to be a bleeding heart for other countrys not really caring about what should be helped first there own country.To fix someone elses problem you must first fix yourselves then you can help them out otherwise your both in a rut(just applying this saying in americas case because it is so true and evident)
    13.I appologize for my previouse post that illegal immigrants children should be put in foster care as that waa a hateful statement and I fully appologize and that was wrong of me to say that.But thought it was a statement that would make illegals think before coming here illegally and in no way actually wished for that to happen.
    14.America should rewrite its laws and do away with what is not working.And yes america was stolen from my ancestors by my ancestors(i am biracial and in a sense a melting pot so to speak)But this is now not then slavery was abolished with presidents who were white like abraham lincoln,segregation with jfk,equality has been a fought issue in all races and sexes,The womans rights movement,segregation and equality Matin luther king.Many have lost there lives fighting these issues all with a bullet in there head to make a change and america has good values but it also has bad. if it was all good there would be no crime and we would be a happy go lucky society.But we have corrupt leaders and good leader.one sided and all sided we are a society of many and are one thats what makes america great.But if we keep turning a blind eye to things done illegally and essentially a crime we are also turning a blind eye to everything.If we give amnesty to illegals what is next?If we gave illegals a free green card we are basically saying you broke the law and for doing that here is your reward.so if we give a reward that was a crime and it is a crime to come here illegally soon america will be giving rewards for breaking other crimes like tax evasion,stealing peoples identitys and lives and so on.
    15.How many illegals are happy and proud to be here when you see in the news illegals disrespecting the american flag in such horrible ways its at times unwatchable.How many posts do you have to read where the illegal immigrants are actually saying thankyou for the free ride,thankyou for the education,medical,and this and that and basically laughing in americans faces?I personally on this message board have seen 3 at least and in other sites alot more.So hahaha america can get poorer and some americans hearts can bleed for the people who laugh in your face hahahaha many countrys view americans as stuped and I guess there right since we would give give and give and now we are in economic recession and going further down the pit so hahaha on us.I have a bon appetite mag where the french woman is litterally sticking her middle finger at the american bon appetite photographer so hahahaha on us americans freaking hilarouse(and yes im part french too)So bleed when you see the same commercial from 20 years ago for feed the children and think is my money really going to that starving boy in africa or in the guys commercials pocket.They only buy rice to feed that poor boy in africa or poor girl in hondurus and pocket the rest think about it whos funding them to stay in business and pay there employees american donaters I sponsered a child and funny enough my mom sponsered the same child 40 years ago he hasnt aged a bit.And in thinking about countrys where there people are hurting what are the countrys leaders doing to help there people?I guess not much and these people should fight instead of running to another country to prosper and gain.fight through protest,fight through writing,fight through every which way you can because for you one leader there are millions of you,for one scare trooper therr are 1000s.Get a leader in your office that cares about you instead of one that will lead you further to poverty and starvation you are there citizens and should be there main concern you are your leaders livelihood and without you your country is nothing so fight and I beleive you heart is with your country as I see many proudly tote there countrys flag and that is not a bad thing at all.If you are proud where you are from and dislike it here and your heart is with your country then go back and fight till there is change.
    16.My previouse posts are based on true events and if they sound out there and you want to diss me go screw yourself I have scars to prove it.and in my other postings I based my post on statistics and from actually seeing things occur and if you want to say i am misinformed HOW AM I MISINFORMED look around and evidence is fact.I have also researched on both sides of this debate and sorry there is no statistics to prove illegals are paying into the economy as the economy is going down hill and it is just not due to illegals but also due to misuse of the stock market and false statistics.
    17.There is a saying in america the richer get richer and the poorer get poorer well soon everyone will be poor thanks to corrupt politicians and money being transfered out of america to other countrys.Taxes are raising and billionares are now millionares soon wont even be worth that much.so lets keep giving away our gold reserves until we can no longer support ourselves(i am being sarcastic but basically what we are doing anyways)
    18.In my previouse posts on some statements I was trying to get a point across but see too many people now see me as a racist I guess when anyone has an opposing view they are a racist right?I guess when anyone implementing a border law to protect the country they are implementing segegration such retardedness its hilarouse.I like green but if you like blue you are a racist.Other countrys do the same things that america is doing now do you hear a peep about there long abiding laws in effect concerning illegal immigrants?Maybe americans should protest in there country like mexico for example if your caught there illegally they ship you back in the worst of conditions yet atleast if your being deported in america you have a nice bed to lay on as you wait and food.And for people coming into other countrys as a legal they are not offered jack squat.The problem why america is getting so much slack from illegals and there leaders is simply america has given freely,america has given them a sense of entitlement.and america is now taking a stand because america has too.america cant support its own people anymore look on the street how many soon to be and homeless are out there how many children of american familys get to be put in foster care while there parents are sleeping on the curb and starving.So bleed your heart out but soon you too will feel the same way when you lose everything when you lose your job,your house,your family and dont even have a thread to hold onto anymore.people laid off at most get 143 a month yet they cant even get on benefits how is 143 a month going to keep a roof over your head,feed you and transport you to places you need to go?How is 143 a month going to support your family?But yet Your an american or legal immigrant and cant even get financial aid but an illegal immigrant can get wic,welfare,medical, and other assistances at your past tax dollers. america should of woke up a long time ago now many citizens are suffering while the illegal LAUGHs in your face haha thankyou and takes it with them when they leave are get deported.sorry but I myself think its hillarouse that for so long america was blind that america didnt realize the american doller has been becoming more and more worthless.Has anyone on here actually read in depth obamas immigration reform? In entirety.Where did obama state he was giving illegals a free green card for being here for so many years as i see many illegals are misinformed.and also Just because our president is african american does not warrant for bringing up the past of slavery and segregation they are past issues and really are not prevailant today also there are quatas for people hiring to inhibit favortism i beleive 25 percent for each race even if not qualified mandatory and was put in place by a white president so shove your unequality and segegration and white people are so bad up your rearends and do your research properly why not start in reading the book superman to man and you will see white people are not the only ones who enslaved other people.The spanish conquistadors did it,the africans enslaved other races of there culture,in the bible read moses so to point a finger at one race and not look at your own shows that your one minded and misinformed.Even native americans have enslaved other cultures of there own race in war times and have raped and pillaged no one culture is innocent of this only now has the world grew up although it is prevalent in some forms like the illegal sex trade and child labor the world as a whole is trying to abolish it shows progress but the world is “still young” and has alot of growing up to do in knowledge,technology and views.
    19.White americans are not the only ones with views of border control there are chinese,african,and many other ethnic groups who have the same views even HISPANIC so if your going to parade around with greenga or greengo masks include some hispanic upperclass and other ethnic groups too if you really want to poke fun at people who oppose your views of being here illegally.god only knows what dorogitory term you will come up with and only look like apes putting down another race and culture anyways.
    20.Illegals you want to state white americans are prejeduce and this and that look at yourselves your the ones going around burning the american flag,thowing it away in the trash and wearing and acting out your view of “white americans”so who really is the racist i guess you are since you can publicly call your masks greengo or greenga which is derogitory slang in your language for american.all to often i have gone in s spanish cafe sit down and someone else will sit and look at me and not touch there food till i get up.So who is segregating as it seems to me you shop at your own markets are friends with your own people,and have been segregating your selves for years.Hillarouse that you like pointing fingers yet dont even look at your selves first.You yourselves have created ammniosity with protests that disrespected the country and certain cultures instead of doing it right you took out your claws and did your protests in hate.Not all companys are owned by white americans there are alot owned by other ethnic americans too.And if you want to complain for working for pennys a day you chose to do so,so why are you complaining now when you chose to work for 3 dollers a day?Why are you so hatefull to your employers when you choose to work there?you gave them the ability to pay you pennys instead of minimum wage and have in this taken away from many americans.would you have been hired if you applied and applied for minimum wage no because your illegal but you paved the way for companys to pay cheap and become rich in the process.Americans would love to work and we are not lazy we would love to work on a farm and paid to support our familys,we would love to do the undesirable jobs since the desirable jobs are out sourced or hard to get so dont call us lazy get your facts strait.
    I read all the postings and am basically responding to all so if i go from one subject to the other and you actually take your time to read then who really does not have a life laura riccon me or you.took me 10 minutes and i am done bothering anymore posting as it seems everyone is going to misconstrue i am racist and prejeduce even though I researched before even posting so be ignorant and blind and make your stuped comments without fully researching i am done.And as i see it americas done too and going down hill fast and becomeing worthless in what it stood for for its people america isnto for americans anymore amreica just ignores its people to support others.America doesnt care about its own people anymore and is proven in bugdet cuts in health,education,space aviation,and advancement in a whole is cut.How old is america? we are young and already have gone through so much in economic,in war and in other ways if your researched other countrys have not gone through the same amount of hardship in such a short period of time.America is 234 years old and america has put itself and people in so many issues and made the world a better place but when we screw up we are riduculed and all we accomplished with our people is forgotten.How many wars have we fought,and won and lost on.how many wars are we fighting still.We arent thanked for the good we do but when we do bad we hear it.the gulf oil spill america is paying for and trying to rectify and yet we are still seen as low even though the president of the company is forien and from another country and only paid 5 millon which will cost billions to rectify and years america is trying to rectify it.America is the cause of many countrys improvements yet in improving ourselves we fall short.Americans are viewed as evil and are viewed as this and that by many not all.What happened in irag was bull and basically we stole there oil and wealth there was never any weapons of mass destruction although in doing that we suffered in many ways to get there oil.Ameerica has done bad and good and all countrys you can state the same.But america is taking a stand for itself to gian back some of its economy and resources and even americas people have different views. As we are a country of many ethnic groups and people and beliefs.America is taking a stand and should take other stands also.Can you deny that drugs do not come here from the borders sometimes illegals carrying them?Is that true with all illegals no but look at the news how many times border stopped an illegal and found drugs on them.Drugs are bad and lead to crime.How many people are kidnapped many children and then ransomes are made often ending with the kidnappee being killed when ransome not met or met.If there were borders it would inhibit this if there was stronger border control many storys like this wouldnt happen.Id like to live in a society where i do not have to lock my door where crime is unheard of and where peace rains but that will probably never happen but this is a step to lessen crime and yes illegally coming here is a crime.breaking the law should not be rewarded and should be punished.

  • Barbara Letsom

    Our immigrants are valued workers and we should honor them with legal status.

  • Rhoda

    Those that oppose Immigration Reform do not know that it is currently impossible to change to legal status as undocumented person living in the US. Prior to 1997, if you became eligible for legal status (via marriage to a US Citizen or via employer sponsorship or via a US citizen family member sponsorship), you could apply for a change of status. A large fine was assessed due to illegal presence in the US but status could be changed.
    Since April 1, 1997, that is no longer possible. Few Americans know that it is NO LONGER possible to get legal, even if you would normally be eligible under normal circumstances.
    Due to this change of immigration law, many families live in American where 1 person in the family cannot get legal while all other family members are legal.
    When Obama says that undocumented people are entwined into our community, he is referring to families like mine. 3 of us are US citizens, 1 of us has a Green Card and 1 (my husband) is undocumented. Contrary to common belief, he cannot get legal through me as his wife/US citizen. He has an absolutely clean record and he is a very peaceful and hardworking man. The US has been his home for 17 years. Why must my husband remain in the shadows when he is the back-bone of a respectable American family? Why?

    This is what we mean when we say our “immigration laws are broken”: Undocumented eligible people in American familes cannot get legal anymore.

    Please support Immigration Reform for the sake of so many families like mine.

  • Claudia

    This country is been made in the shoulders of inmmigrants, and everyone have the right to have a better life from them, and their children, all the time we hear AMERICAN CITIZEN complaning about no jobs because of inmmigrants, jajaja, moved your butt and go to the field of California, florida why you don’t deport all this people, and AMERICAN CITIZEN go to the field and work 10 or 12 hrs under the sun. NOBODY can take you away your job if you are good in it. WE NEED AN INMIGRATION REFORM NOW, let take away all this excuses.

  • Marartu

    All immigrants in USA at this time should be legaly get their residence permit, including those in courts.

  • Lee In Iowa

    Obama should not be making immigration speeches now. He needs to be offering us daily briefings on the disaster in the Gulf. It’s not going to become invisible just because he’s ignoring it! We want to hear regularly from him and from his policy-making team (the Cabinet, Congresspeople, environmental experts) on what’s being done, what’s happening, what’s being planned. Wake up, Mr. President! Immigration is a long-term issue. TODAY we have a DISASTER on our hands and it’s an OIL SPILL.

  • Paula Amato

    I would like to see comprehensive immigration reform also address the two-year J1 visa home-residency requirement. I believe consideration should be given to elimination of this requirement in order to allow highly-skilled individuals with an employment offer to pursue permanent residency status. Currently, there are very strict limited criteria for qualifying for a waiver.

  • Frederick

    Immigration reform as a tool to stop illegal human trafficking by making human trafficking not profitable. If no one is hiring illegal immigrants than no one will want to traffick illegals to get money from U.S.

  • footmuz

    Great job Mr. Obama!! I think we must not forget that we are immigrants as well!! YES, U.S. CITIZENS (WHITES, AND BLACKS, AND LATINOS, AND EVERYONE ELSE, EXCEPT FOR NATIVE AMERICANS) We are all immigrants! Our parents, or grandparents, or great grandparents immigrated to America from Europe and places like that, and they brought blacks with them (as slaves.. which is stupid). Let`s not repeat our own history and become racists.. boo to the Arizona law, the US has come so far, let´s not go back to 50 years ago when blacks couldn`t walk the streets in peace, let´s not do that to another race.

  • sergio

    THOSE WHO GIVE UP THEIR RIGHTS IN ORDER TO GAIN FREEDOM, END UP LOOSING BOTH.
    We Have given up our workers rights and now we have lost our jobs.Republicans have created this immigration problem when they signed those unfair free trade agreements with Mexico,China,Central America.they have crippled Latin-America’s economies thus creating millions of displaced workers who flee their native lands in the pursue of happiness(in many occasions loosing their live in the attempt)America was founded on an idea.and many millions of people arrived to the country without proper documentation just like our new immigrants are doing.Unfortunately we have became a nation of greedy Americans that have forgotten the idea of which America was founded on.Lets not be like those greedy republicans and lets put pressure on congress to continue embracing the tradition of a nation of immigrants.

  • enrique

    President Obama I’m writing for people like me there are millions of people who want to leave the leftovers to live with dignity, without leaving all scared in the streets and asking them not to notice one, being Latino, so I’d like folowing to support us for a reform as it is nicknamed previous years to assure you that we will win all Thanks for your help.
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  • sergio

    It is not about illegal workers,It is about illegal employers.Ronald Reagan let millions of undocumented workers to come into the country in order to break up the unions.Unionized workers in the 80′s made 30% of the labor force;nowadays thy make only 7% of the labor force.undocumented workers have lowered wages for all workers in general (Republicans love that cheap labor) it is up to us to better our working conditions by pushing politicians to pass an immigration reform that includes a legalization of all undocumented workers without criminal background.Its for the good of all American workers and our families.YES ! TO A LEGALIZATION.NO MORE FREE RIDE FOR ILLEGAL EMPLOYERS!NO MORE AMMUNITION TO LO PROFILE POLITICIANS WHO MAKE A LIVING ATTACKING THE HARD WORKING IMMIGRANTS!

  • Alba Camacho

    Greetings to you and your beautiful family, Mr. President, we ask the opportunity for immigration reform to succeed in this country and our families I am a mother who came to this country to try to bring up my daughter to leave there in my country, with all my heart I had to deprive me of seeing it grow, but with the love of my family came to this country to work and fulfill my obligations to pay taxes, with a dignified behavior and respect for this country, was cut of my work by the new laws, I could not work because I have no chance to fix my immigration status. Please help us to get our families forward. We are working people who support us just want to get ahead.

  • Josi

    American IS made up of immigrants… LEGAL immigrants.

  • sofia

    tengo 10 anos viviendo en este pais, mis hijos nacieron aqui en este pais y hace 3 anos que estoy luchando contra imigrasion para que no me deporten ya que me case con ciudadano americano y me negaron la peticion que hizo mi esposo para mi. en agosto de este ano tengo mi ultima corte y es la ultima donde el juez decidira si me quedo o me voy. no importando que mi familia y todo lo que mi esposo y yo hemos construhido. todo se ira ala basura en cuestion de segundos. solo le pido a DIOS que nos ayude a todos aquellos que estamos en la misma cituasion ya que algunos no tenemos nada en nuestro pais, mis padres ya no viven y mis hermanos y yo estamos muy alejados mi esposo y mis hijos no hablan espanol. me siento aterrorizada pero creo que dios es justo y esto se resolvera como el considere. SENOR PRESIDENTE SOLO LE PIDO QUE NOS AYUDE PARA QUE LA SE REFORMA SE HAGA UNA REALIDAD ESTAMOS EN SUS MANOS ESTA NUESTRO DESTINO QUE DIOS LO AYUDE Y LO BENDIGA.

  • Martha W D Bushnell

    I will asking the Congress to change free trade agreements to Fair Trade Agreements. I will be asking the Congress to pass AgJobs and the Dream Act.

  • Susan

    Pass the DREAM ACT.
    Give those who have worked hard there entire lives in America and grown up as Americans an opportunity to give back to the country they grew up in.

  • Lynn

    In 1986, American citizens were promised a ONE TIME ONLY AMNESTY. Citizens were PROMISED Border Security and Workplace enforcement in exchange for allowing illegal immigrants to receive all the benefits that legal immigrants enjoy.
    American citizens have been BETRAYED by our government. New laws are worthless if they are not enforced. “REFORM” will only guarantee millions more will come to steal the American Dream. Thanks to millions of disrespectful, disobedient, unAmerican illegal aliens, the American Dream is already dying.
    America does not need more people on welfare and Social Security Disability benefits. We do not need more low income food stamp recipients. How about all you advocates pledge NOT to take welfare or taxpayer funded assistance for 10 years.
    America does not need more perverted same sex couples. We already have more than we want.
    Who will pay to process all the applications for “reform”? How can we be sure the background checks are adequate? How do we explian to legal immigrants that it is better to do things legally, if we keep rewarding those who force their way into line?

  • Donna Parlow

    Arizona Governor is doing the right thing

  • Bridget

    Let’s strengthen the human rights, dignity and respect we treat each other with in a just society with a proud heritage made up of great numbers of immigrant people from around the globe.

  • Roger

    we can not make the same mistakes that Europeans with racism, discrimination peers who did not learn from their mistakes and moved by the same problem and want to keep practicing this is the most beautiful country in terms of values I am very proud but we must not different why this country is so powerful because of their values must not change but to improve, thank you Mr. Obama

  • http://worldemoc.blogspot.com/ Donald – Missouri

    Jesus recognized borders, saying He was sent to the House of Israel First-most!
    We have all the latent Talent we need right here within our own nation. So much potential is going wasted within the United States. How can we accommodate many million more poor at this time when our financial house of cards is about to collapse? No less Terrorists walking in a dozen at a time.
    Our President and most Politicians in Washington are Traitors!
    Real Solutions: Apache gunships on the BORDER. JOBS for AMERICAN CITIZENS deporting MEXICAN CITIZENS. Mexicans born here with documentation may return as US Citizens when 18! NEWLY OPENED ‘LIVING WAGE’ -JOBS for AMERICAN CITIZENS in Agriculture, Factories, Labor Positions, & All Service Fields College Educations, & Technical Training Education for the Best and Brightest of AMERICAN CITIZENS whose Grandfathers died in OUR Battles. NO MERCENARY Army protecting AMERICA – NON-CITIZENS Disallowed in OUR BATTLES & MILITARY!

  • paula

    Nesecitamos esa reforma.!!
    Soy Mexicana y quiero mi pais: Pero por una razon o otra he hecho mi vida en este pais, k en un tiempo les abrio las puertas a muchos,y siguiendo el sueno americano pues me estavleci en este pais, tengo dos siudadanos americanos k les he ensenado respeto y educacion, he trabajado mucho en los 25 anos k tengo y nunca le pedido al gobierno k me mantenga o K mantenga a mis hijo; he seguido lo mas k pueda las reglas de este pais, he pagado mis taxes, y asi como yo avemos muchas mamas solteras en la oscuridad travajando mas de 16 horas al dia para sacar adelante a los ciudadanos americanos de los USA. despues de tantos anos lo k ahora si le pido al Presidente Obama, k nos de la aportunidad de salir de las sombras y seguir adelante, trabajando y apoyando a nuestros hijos.EL FUTURO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
    N E S E C I T A M O S L A R E F O R M A H O Y …

  • Addy

    Congrats President Obama!

    You are right, The United States of America is and has been made of immigrants. This is the identification of our country. This identification should not being destroy by unscrupulous hippocrates who forgot their immigrants ancestors and their origins when they came to America

    Thank you President Obama, now, I am convince you are the president we need in this country.

    Adriana Mathews

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