Thread: Illegal immigrant wants voters to consider

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€

We have considered his plight and how it's effecting our lives.... it's time to take his broke backside home and get his hands out of the US job market... austa la BYE-BYE

Uh...................................NO!!!

Uh HELL NO! You want to be an American? Then do it LEGALLY! Millions of people, including myself, followed the LAW and emigrated LEGALLY! People like this whiner really offend & piss me off. His "plight" is NOT my problem, GET OUT and take the other "12 million" (HA what a joke!) with you.

In language you can understand: no, no puedo.

So now the American people are getting voting advice from illegal aliens, who are criminals for being here without permission in the first place. What next? These people should have no voice in this country, much less our election process!

No need to separate the families? They can all be together in their country of origin.

You folks do recognize the two people standing in back of Barrera?

They helped Elvira Arellano (remember her?) when she was in sanctuary at that storefront (so-called) church here in Chicago, Adalberto United Methodist Church.

The person to the right is Emma Lozano, she is a big time activist here in Chicago, and the person to the left is pastor Walter Coleman of that sanctuary church.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA .... your right MadInChicago ... they looked familiar but I couldn't put 2 and 2 together... thanks for the heads up

Barrera came to the United States in 1993 to join his U.S. citizen family members. While here, he married a U.S. citizen and worked as a firefighter for five years. A case was opened in 1997 preventing his deportation, but was closed after he separated from his wife.

This is beginning to sound like he married an American citizen just to be able to stay here.
As far as him being no threat to society, the fact that he is here illegally and has taken a job away from an American is a travesty.