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Posts tagged "President Obama"

President Obama said he would sign the DREAM Act right away

President Obama said he would sign the DREAM Act right away
President Obama gave his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. He touched on many themes and again reiterated his support for comprehensive immigration reform and the DREAM Act. He didn’t break any new ground but he pleaded with the U.S. Congress to pass the DREAM Act. He said he would sign it now. Unlike... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 24, 2012 at 8:55 pm
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A Christmas wish: Keep families together

A Christmas wish: Keep families together
What do you want for Christmas? There are more than 4.5 million children in the United States, all U.S. citizens, who simply want to be with their parents. But they are fearful because at least one of their parents is undocumented. A young girl named Jacqueline wrote a letter to President Obama asking him to... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
December 23, 2011 at 9:35 am
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Lost in Detention: Illinois immigrants in documentary by Maria Hinojosa

Lost in Detention: Illinois immigrants in documentary by Maria Hinojosa
Last night I watched the PBS FRONTLINE documentary “Lost in Detention” an investigation reported by award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa in conjunction with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University’s School of Communication. Everybody should watch this to gain a fuller understanding of President Obama’s immigration enforcement policy. More than one million undocumented immigrants have been... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 19, 2011 at 11:22 am
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Shakira appointed to education commission by President Obama

Shakira appointed to education commission by President Obama
Pop singer Shakira was given an appointment in the Obama Administration Wednesday. ¿Qué? What? At first I thought this was a Hispanic Heritage Month joke. But seriously the Colombian-born singer was appointed to serve on the president’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, according a White House press release. I first wondered what makes... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 5, 2011 at 3:33 pm
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Could we have a Latino president? President Obama thinks so.

Could we have a Latino president? President Obama thinks so.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that in his lifetime we could see a Latino president. “I am absolutely certain that within my lifetime we will have a Latino candidate for president who is very competitive and may win. Just look at the demographics,” Obama told a group of Latino journalists who asked questions from Latino... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
September 28, 2011 at 4:14 pm
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Obama's speech on immigration in El Paso es mas de lo mismo

President Barack Obama delivered a televised speech on immigration in the border city of El Paso, Texas, Tuesday afternoon. I don’t think he broke any new ground in the speech and he reiterated many of the campaign promises he has made before. But I heard the president speak with greater urgency about reform and it’s... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 10, 2011 at 4:58 pm
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Illinois supports pro-immigrant initiatives

States across the nation are proposing anti-immigration legislation. But Illinois went against the grain this week and put forth two pro-immigration initiatives. Gov. Pat Quinn Gov. Pat Quinn sent a letter to Homeland Security to withdraw the state from a controversial immigration program called Secure Communities, and the state Senate passed a version of the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 5, 2011 at 5:48 pm
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Bin Laden's victims were from around the world

Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, is dead. It’s a huge victory for American President Barack Obama. The relatives of his victims must also feel there has been justice. But this does not only impact Americans. Of the 3,000 people who perished at the Twin Towers, around 20 percent were born outside the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 2, 2011 at 4:01 pm
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Obama mentions DREAM Act and immigration in the State of the Union; President should halt deportations as it's too dangerous to send immigrants to Mexico

In President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night he didn’t mention the DREAM Act by name but he alluded to it. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of students excelling in our schools who are not American citizens. Some are the children of undocumented workers, who had nothing to do with the actions... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 25, 2011 at 10:16 pm
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President Obama and Daniel Hernandez remind us that we are one nation

Daniel Hernandez Daniel Hernandez humbly said he doesn’t want to be called a hero. “Although I appreciate the sentiment, I must humbly reject the use of the word hero, because I am not one,”  the University of Arizona student and intern who helped save Rep. Gabrielle Giffords‘ life said at the Wednesday night vigil for... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 12, 2011 at 10:48 pm
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