struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-17-10 08:29 PM
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Student body president in CA is illegal immigrant
By GARANCE BURKE
The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 17, 2010; 7:03 PM
FRESNO, Calif. -- The popular student body president at California State University, Fresno has publicly revealed what he had long sought to keep a secret: He's an illegal immigrant.
Pedro Ramirez, 23, previously told campus administrators in confidence that he had been concerned about going public about his status.
But that changed Tuesday after The Collegian, a campus newspaper at the largest university in California's prolific farming region, disclosed his status after receiving an anonymous e-mail.
"I don't want this issue to be about me," Ramirez told The Associated Press Wednesday. "This is a big, big issue that should have been addressed a long time ago. My goal is to bring awareness to that" ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9579549Only in the USA can a person tell the world he violated our country's immigration laws and not get thrown out on his ass.
marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-17-10 08:44 PM
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3. Somebody's unrec'ing this one hard..... Updated at 8:19 PM
Good for Pedro. He's quite courageous.
Yeah admitting that you have broken our laws is so courageous.
alp227 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-18-10 08:33 PM
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17. Hard work matters, right?
Edited on Thu Nov-18-10 08:37 PM by alp227
Conservatives value hard work...they love America and say "it's great!"...but to them America does not belong smelly illegal immigrants who want a better life. Try to read the comments posted on the original sources for the reports, and notice that the anti-immigrants say "what about the citizens?" all the time. The idea that someone could overcome the circumstances of being in the shadows is just SHOCKING...because aren't all illegal immigrants lazy, welfare-leeching, multiplying-like-rats, gang-banging bums? 
But seriously let's solve the real problems. As long as America remains a great, prosperous country, immigration is NEVER gonna end. Deal with it. Real solutions to the illegal immigration problem? (1) Penalize employers who hire the undocumented. (2) For the current illegal immigrants, "pay a fine & go to the back of the line" pathway to citizenship or deportation. (3) Future preventative measures such as expanded green card system.
I wish Pedro well, and he and others like him should fight the hate and champion the American Dream, which is not reserved for just those who are fortunate enough to be born here.
Hard work within the law is what we value.
For example if you are a hard working drug dealer we still say you should be in jail.
What part of Illegal Alien do these goons not comprehend?
