Now the hard parts starts; finding out if individual immigrants qualify for the review. - - Donna Poisl
from NashuaTelegraph.com
LOS ANGELES – Hilda Jauregui and dozens of women at an Orange County, Calif., immigration detention center recently gathered to hear the news on television that the Obama administration will review thousands of deportation cases with an eye toward closing those considered “low-priority.”
“Everyone was shouting and hugging each other,” Jauregui said in a telephone interview from the James A. Musick jail facility. “One woman said ‘I’ll qualify because I’m older,’ another said she had children who were born in the country. Everyone was trying to find something positive that would make them qualify.”
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This country was built by immigrants, it will continue to attract and need immigrants. Some people think there are enough people here now -- people have been saying this since the 1700s and it still is not true. They are needed to make up for our aging population and low birthrate. Immigrants often are entrepreneurs, creating jobs. We must help them become Americans and not just people who live here and think of themselves as visitors. When immigrants succeed here, the whole country benefits.
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