Maria Mora’s husband was returning home from work about two years ago when he noticed a van moving slowly through the parking lot of their apartment complex in south Orlando.
Emblazoned on the vehicle were the letters that strike fear in the hearts of undocumented immigrants: ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Peruvian man walked discreetly past the van and reached his apartment, where he quickly alerted his wife. They locked themselves in a room with their three U.S.-born children, afraid the agents would bust through their door to take them away.
It turned out to be a false alarm. Still, news of ongoing immigration raids and deportations throughout the state and the nation kept the Moras on high alert. Now, Maria Mora says the election of President Barack Obama has brought a feeling of hope for her family.
“We are very hopeful that he, as the son of an immigrant, will have a heart,” said Mora, a finance graduate in her native Peru who is now a stay-at-home mom. Her husband, an engineer by trade, works at a car-upholstery shop. They came to the United States eight years ago on tourist visas that expired.
Undocumented immigrants such as the Moras and their advocates are counting on Obama to deliver on his campaign promises of immigration reform — a divisive issue for which the last administration could not gain consensus.
Florida’s immigrants pin hopes on Obama
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-immigref0209feb02,0,4759031.story
When will we ever be able to buy anything made in the USA?
Oh, boo hoo hoo; illegal aliens who are trespassing in the USA have to fear American policeman. Which side are you on America’s or the illegal aliens who are invading our great nation?
No, there will never again be another mass amnesty for illegal aliens; over my dead body!
It doesn’t need reforming – it needs to be eliminated. I believe what you are calling ‘reform’ would be amnesty.
So – that’s who fell for his campaign lies – I was wondering!
No never ever, there will be a lot of noise but no real reform.
Why?
1. Labour wish to stay in power for ever and immigrants both legal and illegal will vote Labour who will ensure the illegal ones have a vote anyway.
2. The Tories see cheap labour. The minimum wage is not really worth getting out of bed for, but an illegal immigrant will not shout too loudly because he would be deported so with a little bit of cohesion they will get away with it or when in power just not increase the minimum wage. Good in’t? the British worker loses out yet again.
This is an American question but I suppose if you substitute republican for Tory etc it is about the same
DEPORTATION NOW is the only real immigration reform.
what’s your point? I’m supposed to feel sorry for these people?
And who cares if their children were born here.. that doesn’t make them citizens. If anything needs to change it’s that.
You don’t think that one of the reasons the economy is the way it is because a good part of the labor jobs that are filled by illegals are sending all off my money back to their families in mexico? Or coming over here, getting pregnant, getting a social security card since apparently 2 illegals make a citizen then getting on public assistance which by the way, I PAY FOR!!!
Then to pour salt in the wound, they get to go to college…FOR FREE!!! AND I CAN’T AFFORD TO PUT MYSELF THROUGH BECAUSE I’M TOO BUSY PAYING EVERYONE ELSE’S WAY!!!
There is absolutely no incentive to do the right thing anymore because you get rewarded for breaking the law and having 3 and 4 kids without being married. You get punished for being married, going to college and making more than 100k a year.
Hell, since that’s what communist Obama wants, let’s all quit our jobs and form soup kitchens so we’ll all be equally hungry. Let’s rip the plumbing out of everyone’s home so we’ll all be equally filthy. Let’s have *** with whomever we chose and have someone else pay for the abortions so we can all be equally morally corrupt.
Let me tell you something that you Obama worshiping boneheads haven’t figured out yet. If you’re a white American citizen, you may as well throw in the towel because it’s over for you. And start saving every penny you have now because once he works his magic, you won’t have any left on your paycheck because Jose needs the education you can’t afford and Teifa needs ANOTHER abortion.
Yes, this country really needs good immigration reform, this way we can clean this chaos. Secure borders, create reasonable way to recognize these illegals what we already have here. Granting papers for free – too easy, deportation – too expensive and practically impossible. And the last thing – this reform would end all these ****** posts