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Immigrant Right

November 5, 2007

If Hillary Clinton seemed confused about how to answer a question about illegal immigrants getting driver’s licenses, it may not only have been because she was looking toward the general election. Even among Democrats, there is grave concern about illegal immigrants in Iowa, a state that is more than more than 95 percent white and 4 percent Hispanic, according to 2005 Census Bureau estimates.

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“We have a war going on and we’re paying for hospital care, children in school [illegal immigrants]?” a woman pointedly asked John Edwards in Williamsburg Iowa over the weekend. When a person in the crowd said they had not heard the question, Edwards said the query was about one woman’s “view” of immigration, suggesting he did not agree with her sentiments.

Edwards, like all of the Democratic presidential candidates, said he supported a way to allow illegal immigrants who are already in the country to become citizens. But he also noted that although he was opposed to huge barrier across the Mexican border, “there are some places where some fencing might do some good,” a position Clinton has also taken. He drew loud applause when he said it was important to be “harder on employers who violate the law” by bringing in illegal immigrants to work for them.

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Immigration 

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2 Responses to “Immigrant Right”

  1. michelle on February 25th, 2008 6:57 pm

    I cant speak for all my fellow americans. I can only say Im proud to be an american. born and raised down south . regular southern girl.

    I waited along time for my husband because when I married I wanted it to be for life and to the right person. the person I knew in my heart was the man for me.

    I meet that man and we have been very, very happily married for 2 and a half years now. He has been the best thing thats ever happened to me outside of meeting Jesus Christ. Hes first!!

    Everyday with him is like a dream come true. theres only one problem. hes entered the country illigually with his family when he was a boy and has grown up in the usa.
    our government as well as the Mexican consulet has made life so hard for us.
    having to hide out in My own country.

    I think its terrible that Im an american citizen and we have overwelming proof to show that we did not marry just to make him legal but that its a legit marriage and our government says he has to go back to Mexico and I have to live here without him, where they can hold him up to 10 years as a punishment for entering illigually in the us and then theres a big possiblity they will not give him a visa to come back here legally unless we have maybe 10 children and or im dieing for caner or something like that.
    everything in Mexico cost the same as here but the jobs pay 40$ to 60$ about a weeek. So even though Im an american citizen im supost to go to live in Mexico if I want to be with him.

    If youve fallen in love with anyone you cant imagine life without them. I understand that I used to be much easier for cases like mine except that some mexcians where marrying just to get their papers and now a person like me who is really married and a proud citizen if forced or backed into a corner.

    Im not saying its ok for illigals to be here. Im saying im american and I love, love , love , love my husband and I want to live in my country with him.

    His punishment and requirement sould be to pay a fine and there sould be a process but to send him back to Mexico when our whole lives are build here and this is my country and he is now my husband.

    you can only understand if you are in the same boat. not only all of this but now I find out we cant adopt a baby. we have been married for over 2 years and I had a misscarriage last year and we have soooo much to give to a precious child.. there are millions of babies needing homes and Just me by myself could give that little one sooo much love and stibility its not even funny.

    does anyone have any suggestions as to how we can help change these unfair laws.

    once agian . I believe in securing our borders and im not saying im for illigual imigration. im saying I want to live in MY COUNTRY WITH MY HUSBAND AND ADOPT BABY AS WELL AS HAVE OUR OWN CHILDREN WHO WILL BE AMERICAN CITIZENS AS WELL!!!!!!
    God help America with these issues. I want to connect with people who can help the imigration problems not complicate them.

  2. Patrick Vezino on July 15th, 2008 12:44 pm

    I am in the same boat that you are in. I have been married for almost 5 years now and have 2 children that are citizens and my wife is Mexican, but she is in Mexico for I don’t know how long. We just bought our first house and a month later we had our appointment in Juarez to get her papers. The consulat told us that because she crossed with no papers she was never allowed into the US again. We have had a lawyer do all our paper work for us, telling us that there would be no problems. Which there has been nothing but problems. I go down to Mexico every week on my days off to see my wife and children. And every time I come back across in to the US the border patrol pulls me aside to surch my car even though I have been crossing for 8 months now. I agree that we need to tighten down on our borders and make things harder for illigals to work here.
    While my wife and I have been together we have done everything the government has wanted us to do. She has never worked, we have a tin number for her we pay all our taxes for what? So they split up a family and make things almost impossible for me to pay for 2 house holds. I don’t understand.
    I have loved my country since I was a kid, but splitting my family makes me have doughts if this is the best country in the world any more.
    I am an American that is who I am why make things so hard for people in this type of situations? We do what we can.

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