Thread: Miami Immigration Rally

This is just another example of how a college in Miami Dade County caters to illegals. They should be international students.

http://cbs4.com/local/immigration.lawma ... 70983.html

Lawmakers Promise Immigration Reform
Miami was one of 20 U.S. cities participating in the rally calling for change. Reporting
Tiffani Helberg (CBS4)

Gaby Pacheco graduates from Miami-Dade College with a degree in special education in May, but her dreams will be cut short.

Despite her degree, she won't be able to apply for a job because she's an undocumented immigrant.

"I'm extremely limited," said Pacheco. "I feel like I'm a bird inside a cage and my wings have been growing because I've had the opportunity to go to college and now the cage is becoming smaller and smaller and my aspirations and goals and dreams are huge."

She shared her story on Sunday with lawmakers who were at a Homestead rally promising to improve immigration legislation. The lawmakers are on a 20-city tour to address the issue.

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R) who co-sponsored the American DREAM Act, a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to pursue a college education, said immigration rules need to be more humane.

"There's gotta be a process where people suffer the consequences if they've broken the law," Diaz-Balart said. "But we do so without hurting American families."

Another student Felipe Matos also shared his story. He graduated at the top of his class at Miami Dade College and was the top student in the state of Florida with an associate's degree. But despite the accolades, Matos can't get into a four-year college.

"I would get these heart breaking letters from the universities telling me that I was perfect for them but I didn't have status so they couldn't accept me," said Matos. "And being kept away from the one thing I value the most, has broken me apart."

Pacheco said after she started campaigning for the DREAM act, immigration officers came knocking on her door. She said they detained her parents and are now threatening to deport the family. It's a threat many in Sunday's audience could relate to.

"These are American children born here they've never left here," Diaz-Balart said. "All of the sudden their families are divided because a parent may be all the sudden deported. These are American kids that all the sudden find themselves with no parents and how does that help, how does that help anything?"

But some people believe amnesty for undocumented immigration is not the answer.

"I'm for immigration if they come legally but illegal aliens should not be here," said Enos Schera, Vice President of Dade United for Immigration Control. "The illegal alien is costing about $3.38 billion dollars per year. There's no way that we should be promoting and condoning illegal alien activities and permitting these activities to amnestied."
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Pacheco said after she started campaigning for the DREAM act, immigration officers came knocking on her door. She said they detained her parents and are now threatening to deport the family. It's a threat many in Sunday's audience could relate to.

I cannot believe my EYES. So the government is actually investigating campaigners of the DREAM ACT? I cannot believe my EYES.

This isn't the first time this has happened. There was a woman who went to the university that I graduated from and she was fighting for instate tuitiotn for illegals. I only remeber her first name was Maria. People were disguisted and phoned ICE on her and her family. In the end she stayed as the university followed the rules and she was an international student which means she is legally here on a visa until it expires or if she breaks the rules. Her family were all illegals and they were deported. Alot of people here in South Florida are fed up with illegals.