Illegal immigrant wants voters to consider his plight when they vote
by Jessica Dill
Oct 28, 2008

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chi ... ?id=102165



Toribio Barrera joined fellow Chicagoans in the Loop Tuesday at a Cook County early voting site to express the importance of every individual’s vote. But unlike the rest of those waiting in line, Barrera did not vote.

Barrera, who was a firefighter near Joliet, is an illegal immigrant facing deportation, which prevents him from voting.

Instead, he is asking voters to cast ballots supporting immigration reform for people like him.

“There are 12 million people that have already lost their houses or been separated from their families [during immigration deportations] but can’t vote.â€