There are about 20 links in your post. It's hard to figure out what you are talking about.
On Dec 11, 4:03 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > He gets a bargained misdemeanor and an extra year without being > deported. My question is why is he still illegally here. He has been > here since he was 6 and he is now 21. He knew he was illegal so why > did he not do something about that situation. I am losing my patience > with people like this. If he is illegal, get it normalized however he > has to and then we will talk. Until then, not a leg to stand on. After > all he is an adult. Since he is an honor student then he should > certainly be aware of the situation he is in. It would be different if > he were 13 or so. His family should do what it has to in order to get > the situation fixed or go back. > > n <http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/index.html> > > Illegal Immigrant Students Publicly Take Up a Cause > > * Sign in to Recommend > * Twitter > * > E-Mail <javascript:document.emailThis.submit();> > > * Send To Phone <javascript:void(0);> > * Print > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?_r=1&th=&emc=th&p...> > > * Reprints > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#> > * Share > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#>Close > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#> > o Linkedin > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#> > o Digg > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#> > o Facebook > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#> > o Mixx > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#> > o MySpace > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#> > o Yahoo! 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The Chicago City > Council passed a resolution calling for a stay of his deportation and > five members of Congress from Illinois came out in support of his cause. > One of them was Representative Jan Schakowsky, a Democrat, who offered a > private bill to cancel his removal. > > Obama administration officials said they would review cases like Mr. > Padilla's as they arose. They said the situation of Mr. Padilla, 21, > pointed to the need for an immigration overhaul that would include a > path to legal status for people in the United States illegally. > > "We are committed to confronting these problems in practical, effective > ways, using the current tools at our disposal while we work with > Congress to enact comprehensive reform," said Matthew Chandler, a > spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/h/h...>. > > Behind Mr. Padilla's case --- and others in Florida of students who > fought off deportation --- is activism by young immigrants, many of them > illegal, which has become increasingly public and coordinated across the > country, linked by Web sites, text messages > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/t/text_m...> > and a network of advocacy groups. Spurred by President Obama > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_o...>'s > promises of legislation to grant them legal status, and frustration that > their lives have stalled without it, young illegal immigrants are > joining street protests despite the risk of being identified by > immigration agents. > > With many illegal immigrants lying low to avoid a continuing crackdown, > immigrant students have become the most visible supporters of a > legislative overhaul, which Mr. Obama has pledged to take up early next > year. In the meantime, their protests are awkward for the > administration, with young, often high-achieving illegal immigrants > asking defiantly why the authorities continue to detain and deport them. > > "Maybe our parents feel like immigrants, but we feel like Americans > because we have been raised here on American values," said Carlos > Saavedra, national coordinator of a network of current and former > students called United We Dream. > > "Then we go to college and we find out we are rejected by the American > system. But we are not willing to accept that answer," said Mr. > Saavedra, 23, a Peruvian who lived here illegally until he gained legal > status two years ago. > > Young people who were brought to the United States by illegal immigrant > parents draw a certain degree of sympathy even from some opponents of > broader legalization programs. Roy Beck, the executive director of > NumbersUSA, a group that has staunchly opposed a legal path for the > estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, said in an interview that he > could support legal status for some young immigrant students. Mr. Beck > said he would do so, however, only if Congress eliminated the current > immigration system based on family ties and imposed mandatory electronic > verification of immigration status for all workers --- conditions that > Democrats in Congress are not likely to accept. > > The students' goal is to gain passage of legislation that would give > permanent resident status to illegal immigrants who had been brought to > the United States before they were 15, if they have been here for at > least five years, have graduated from high school and attend college or > serve in the military for two years. > > Known to its supporters as the Dream Act, it has been offered in the > Senate by Richard J. Durbin > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/richard_...>, > Democrat of Illinois, and Richard G. Lugar > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/richard_...>, > Republican of Indiana. An effort to bring it to the Senate floor was > defeated in 2007, and proponents now consider it part of a package that > includes a path to legal status for illegal immigrants in general, an > estimated 12 million people. Mr. Beck said he continued to oppose that > proposal. > > Many illegal immigrant students who were brought to the United States as > children receive a shock when they get ready to go to college. They are > generally not eligible for lower in-state tuition rates or government > financial aid. In most states they cannot get drivers' licenses. > > In recent years, student groups joined battles in several states for > in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, some successful and some not. > This year, student organizers said, they worked to tie those state > efforts into a national network, hoping to match the mobilization > networks of opponents of the immigration overhaul, which proved far > superior in the past. > > The troubles for Mr. Padilla began when he drove home after watching a > football game and drinking beer with friends. He ran the stop sign, and > the traffic police arrested him because he did not have a driver's > license and had been drinking. Eventually, he pleaded guilty to a > misdemeanor. Immigration agents found him in the county jail. > > Mr. Padilla, now enrolled at the University of Illinois > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/u/u...> > at ... > > read more » > > article-sponsor.gif > < 1KViewDownload > > ch_quote_120x60anim_15k_2.gif > 14KViewDownload > > articleInline.jpg > 30KViewDownload -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
