State of their union.

My husband has his green card, we have been married for 13 years, but in 2000 I got upset at him and wanted to “get” him so i called the police, I was 18 it was my fault… but now he is deemed deportable for something that I cant seem to fix I am a US citizen and yet for this we are not even able to go in front of a judge we have two small children 4 & 8, good high paying jobs, WE PAY TAXES and a LOT Of them it is incredible that my family would have to be separated for something WHICH we DID NOT let DEFINE US or DEFINE our FUTURE… WHY should immigration define it for us separate our family?? Yes I could move with him BUT at what cost my husband has NO family in his country, he came here as a teenager so knows absolutely nothing about his country and even more has never been back since he moved to the US… my children only speak English THIS IS THEIR country WHY WHY WHY do I feel like we are being pushed out!!! THIS IS MY FAMILY! This is MY country! Any american has the chance to a fair trial even terrorist are being given that chance why cant we!

I’m 37 years old. Married with 2 kids born in this Great Country. Came here about 10 years ago and got married then came my first chid in 2001. I’m working for the same company for more than 8 years and they’d applied for me in 2007 under the 245-i, which a lawyer said would be fine, and did not end up fine. My application was denied and now I’m on the removal proceedings. Sadly my family is in panic just by wondering the day we will need to depart. My wife is a student and totally lawful in the country, but because of a law or an amend on the INA, I can’t re-apply or adjust my status.

Please Mr. President Obama, support the comprehensive immigration reform CIR ASAP.
I BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY AND I BELIEVE ON THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.
I WANT TO BE CALL AN AMERICAN. NOT A UNDOCUMENTED.

To everyone who voted for Obama…Promises before becoming President. Citizenship to our country is earned not given. PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR BORDERS!

The Obama-Biden Plan
For too long, politicians in Washington have exploited the immigration issue to divide the nation rather than find real solutions. Our broken immigration system can only be fixed by putting politics aside and offering a complete solution that secures our border, enforces our laws, and reaffirms our heritage as a nation of immigrants.

Create Secure Borders: Protect the integrity of our borders. Support additional personnel, infrastructure and technology on the border and at our ports of entry.

Improve Our Immigration System: Fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill.

Remove Incentives to Enter Illegally: Remove incentives to enter the country illegally by cracking down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants.

Bring People Out of the Shadows: Support a system that allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens.

Work with Mexico: Promote economic development in Mexico to decrease illegal immigration

THE TIME IS NOW, WE CANT WAIT ANYMORE,WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS,WE JUST WANT WORK HARD,AND HELP THIS COUNTRY, AND HAVE A BETTER LIFE FOR OUR FAMILIES, LIVE HERE FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS, I CAME HERE WITH A VISA, BUT BECAUSE THE LAWS,I CANT RENIEW,I WORK HARD,THE MOST OF MY FRIENDS IMMIGRANTS,DO JOBS THAT AMERICAN DONT WANNA DO, LIKE,CLEAN HOUSE,OFFICES,C ONSTRUTION,FARM S,DELIVERY FOOD,LANDSCAPE, BABYSITTER,ETC…,AND IT IS GREAT PAY LESS FOR THIS JOBS,WE CANT WAIT ANYMORE,MY FATHER AND MOTHER,DIED,AND I CANT ATTEND TO THE FUNERAL,MY ONLY SON IS AMERICAN,WHY I CAN PAY TAXES,EVERY YEAR, I CAN OPEN A BUSINESS,CREATI NG JOBS FOR AMERICANS TOO,AND I CANT GET A DRIVE LICENSE AND ONCE PER YEAR,SEE MY RELATIVES, THIS NOT FAIR,THE MOST OF AMERICANS KNOW ,THAT THE IMMIGRANTS ARE HERE,WORKING HARD, AND HELPING THE ECONOMY,RENTING HOUSES,WAREHOUS ES,DOING SHOP,ETC,,,,LET S REMEMBER SEN. TED KENNEDY,HE WAS TRYING TO HELP US,BUT HE DIDNT HAVE TIME ENOUGH,MR. PRESIDENT YOU PROMISSED TO HELP 12 MILLIONS OF FAMILIES, THE TIME IS NOW,WE CANT WAIT ANYMORE,HAPPY 2010 ,GOD BLESS AMERICA.WE ARE HERE,WE BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY,THIS BILL IS JUST TO SECURITY THE BOARDS, REALLY THE IMMIGRANTS HAVE TO PAY FINES,LAWYERS,I MMIGRATION TAXES AND WAIT UNTILL 6 YEARS

Please Mr. President and congress pass an immigration reform…
i believe what you said: yes i can

I hope people understand this life situation,I know we are all die but why not in the name of god help this people…they are people they are not nobody….pls help them about immigration reform they have been a high impact of obstacle and wanna pursue the dreams …..how i wish,I am god and do something about this people….whoever read this message,I hope u guys have spirit of love in to a human kind..pls help them all….is not bad to help this people…why we help people that needs help.like example like haiti we shd support cause they are human being..how about illegals are they not human being and why we call it alien,they are not alien they are human being with blood and flesh for god sake…

Something needs to be done! The whole immigration system is broken. Also there needs to be protection for immigrant children that come to this great country. They should not be punished because they have no legal status, especially if the parents get status first, and then the children get deported because of the length wait, and broken process.

There needs to be Amnesty for people that have been here for a certain period of time. I have lived here since the age of 9 years old. I went to Elementary school, Middle School, High School, and Technical College. Yet at the current age of 27 I am still waiting to become a Permanent Resident. Based on the current system, i will be 35 before I am eligible to become a US Citizen. That is proof of the broken system.

“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

I am a 21 year Old young man going to college but cannot work legally in this country! we need immigration reform!

Please Mr. President and congress pass an immigration reform.
I am an undocumented student I was brought to the USA when I was 7 years old. I am about to graduate from college and I will not be able to apply for a job because of my immigration status. I grew up here because my parents brought me. This is my home now, the only place that I know and love. I pray for a reform every day, I walk and take the bus to school because I cannot apply for a driver license, I can’t even join the peace corps because of my immigration status. I do have a dream to part of this country. I believe this reform will help the immigrants but also benefit to the country.
Thank you

As I undocumented student, I beg for an urgent change in the immigration system. What I learn in school about justice, freedom, and equality is not what I see in the everyday lives of the millions of undocumented immigrants. We live in fear, that we are not a solid part of society, that any day our lives could be torn into pieces, deported, separated from our families, that we are a ghosts lingering in injustice and slavery. I say slavery because we are modern slaves to a system that threatens our values. We too are people and we are not ghosts, we exist, we are people present in flesh and bone. We are part of a solid society. We too are America.

I’m 20 years old now, and it scares me to death to think that my life will never amount to anything, that all the schooling will be reduced to smithereens. A wasted life. This is my most dreadful nightmare. Darker and scarier than hell.

However, I feel it within my veins that I’m an American, and it doesn’t matter I was born 3000 miles away from here. Because I share the same values.

Dear Mr President,
We are cordially asking your good heart to pass CIR ASAP before mid-term election.My wife is a nurse(NCLEX) passer and I have 5 months old Us citizen daughter,and one boy kid.We cannot work because we have no legal papers.We are working “undertable” which is not good to US economy and to us.Their are hospitals in need of nurses.In our case,their are hospitals willing to “sponsor” us but we are out of status Mr.President.
We contribute something in this nation to pay taxes,take care of our patients in the hospital.
We want to work,live and die in this ( correceted) nation!
Thank you so much my President Barak Obama for keeping our dreams alive.

I am an american citizen,who has wrote to you numerous times! The last response was so standarized,it only made me more upset,knowing you did not even read it.Why do I even bother?My husband has been missing from our lives(My three yr old son)For more than a year and a half! We did everything the legal route: Lawyer,fees,visa application,more fees and jaurez interviews!This has been going on for 8 years!!!We do not wish to move to Mexico,but may have to,because you are doing NOTHING! This has been a big dissappointment to the latino people that voted for you. Too many families are hurting…Why are you turning the deaf ear?I know that you talk about change,and whats best for our families…WELL SHOW US!!!!!!

Please do something about immigration reform. Families are being torn apart. My sister in law and my 5 yr old niece and 4 year old nephew have been in Mexico for four months, waiting for her visa as she is backlogged. My BIL is a hard working US Citizen, and has been waiting and may be separated from his family another year. Myself married to a Mexican citizen we are also in the middle of the long immigration process, expecting our second child after losing our first last year due to prematurity. I am afraid to be separated due to the long immigration process. We need a better way for those to adjust that have good jobs, are law abiding and WANT to be Residents/Citizens. Too many of my friends and their small children are being separated months at a time and being financially drained by the immigration process.

creo y afirmo que ya es hora de no ver con los ojos de el odio y el rasismo si de el entendimiento y a favor de una economia fuerte desafortundamente hay personas que no ven no como una manera de tener una economia fuerte solo la ven con odio si importar que dano le hagan al pais y a su economia esas personas que solo tienen voto para decir “no” son personas que les importa nada el que se hunda el pais ya es hora de pensar en avansar y dejar lo obsoleto del odio sin fundamento por que si amos ala historia solo veremos un constante inmigracion desde tienpos remotos y a sido sera lo mismo para el futuro migracion y mas migracion hoy EEUU manana que sera “no se” donde pero ahora que tenemos la oportunidad de ser un pais grande y sabemos como aserlo crecer mas pero el odio de algunos prefieren sacar “lo mas negro de sus almas” a un buen cresimiento economico

We have been waiting for this for such a long time. Now is the time. Immigration Reform is necessary for all those honest hardworking people who love this country and have been here for so many years. For all those children, teenagers, and some now young adults who did not ask to be brought to this country but are here wondering if they will ever be accepted. I am one of those many young adults who is not allowed to drive, not allowed to work, not allowed to receive health issurance, not allowed to buy a home, not allowed to recieve college financial aid only loans and the list goes on and on. We face many obstacles but we decide to stay because we can’t go back to a contry that saw us be born but did not see us grow up. United States of America is the country we know and want to be part of.

Hello, just one thing that I would like to share, I’m an undocumented immigrant but America is my home now, I wasn’t born here but I still believe that this country will always be land of the free and home of the brave. So I quote one of the finest men of our history Abraham Lincoln: “I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. … It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.

“In God is our trust” I pray for a better tomorrow for everybody and plead for an immigration reform this year, I have sublime faith in mankind, these are difficult times but only the test of fire makes fine steel.

Gracias,

I am an undocumented immigrant. I was brought to the United States when I was five years old. I did all my schooling here. I am currently 23 and I am getting my masters in marriage and family therapy. We need immigration reform because there are so many like me that want to contribute to this country. Also, there are many that feel American already and want to give back to this land. Because remember as John F. Kennedy once said we are “a nation of people with the fresh memory of old traditions who dared to explore new frontiers, people eager to build lives for themselves in a spacious society that did not restrict their freedom of choice and action.” We must continue to embrace the tradition of being a country of immigrants who are eager to work hard and make something of ourselves. I hope congress can tackle such an immigrant issue for our country and succeed with passing a bill in 2010.

Remember, Immigration Reform is not just a benefit for the undocumented person. There are millions of American citizen spouses and children that are counting on a reform so that their families will not be torn apart. Please think of how not having a reform would hurt economically. I know that without my husband’s support I would have to go to the government for help. How would this hurt the US? If there is a reform we could finally buy that house we want and can afford.
We would take trips. As it is we do not travel for fear of being stopped by law enforcement. I even fear making big purchases because of fear he will be deported and leave me with 3 children, 1 job and huge bills.

The worse part would be what my children would suffer especially my daughter. Can you imagine being torn from your daughter’s? would it affect them? Well I fear this everyday. Our daughter is the biggest daddy’s girl. I honestly fear it would harm her health to be away from him. I know it simple to say, ” move back with him”. to that I say, “Where to a place were they would only get a 9th grade education? Where the closest hospital is 20 miles away? Not to mention we do not have a house there or the violence that today is worse than it has ever been.

Please think of us that voted for you hoping, praying that you would be the one to do something I know you believe in.