#40: He wants to keep my students.
Posted: September 12, 2012 Filed under: Because he's a G, In an official capacity | Tags: Barack Obama, campaign promises, Election 2012, hispanic vote, illegal immigrants, legalizing young immigrants, obama, obama is awesome, students, work permits Leave a commentDear people who don’t know me,
I’m an ESL teacher. During any given year, anywhere from 25-40% of my students are in the country illegally. I don’t care. And I don’t think anyone else should, either – they’re kids. And now, they call the US home. Who are you to say that it’s not their home?
The Obama administration has already begun processing applications for illegal immigrants to get a work permit. There are several other steps to the process, but the main thing is that now they have a route to becoming legal residents of the place they call home.
I could go on and on about how important this is, how it changes their outlook in life, their perspectives on the US, and their buy-in to following our rules…but instead, I’ll stick with short and sweet.
Thanks, Obama, for providing my students the chance to be a real citizen. It matters. More than most people realize.
My President is More Awesome Than Yours. 