Thread: CBS Evening News - Another illegal Alien sob story

Dear Friends;

Give response back to CBS evening news (with Katie Couric) about the illegal Alien sob story they ran in the 'free speech' segment of the program.

Email: evening@cbsnews.com

Here is story (or person that gave talk on show - 'Carlos' who's face was hidden in darkness to protect his illegal identity) :


freeSpeech: 'Carlos'
Undocumented Young Man Describes Difficulties In Obtaining
Legal Status

Sept. 21, 2006
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(CBS)


Quote

"I've grown up here and I feel American - I just lack the piece of paper that validates it."
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(CBS) I cannot show you my face tonight because if I were identified I could be deported. After hearing my story, I hope that you will question whether this is what I deserve.

My parents and I came here from Guatemala on a 6 month tourist visa. I was 11 years old. Before we left, our family business went bankrupt. We had lost our home there, and my parents could not afford to pay for school. So with the money we got from selling all our furniture, my parents bought airplane tickets and we came to the U.S. because it was our last hope.

Within a year of my arrival, I was already in regular English classes and on the Honor Roll. My dad got a job in construction, my mom cleaned houses. Three nights a week, my parents, my 9 year old sister and I used to pick up the garbage at a factory. On weekends, we collected bottles to recycle. Almost from the beginning my parents paid taxes, and two years after we arrived here, they applied for legal residency. Believe it or not, our application is still pending. That means my parents and sister and I can still be deported even though we did everything we were supposed to do to try to become legal.

I ended up graduating 5th in my high school class and have since graduated college and I hope to become a lawyer. But because I am undocumented, I could never get a license to practice law and that puts me in a state of limbo. I've grown up here and I feel American - I just lack the piece of paper that validates it.


"Carlos" is a young man who arrived in the United States without speaking english over 10 years ago, and recently graduated college. He aspires to become a lawyer.

His future and the future of thousands of other students who have grown up in the U.S. depends on the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) now pending in Congress. For more information visit the website, www.dontjustdreamact.com.




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My parents and I came here from Guatemala on a 6 month tourist visa. I was 11 years old. Before we left, our family business went bankrupt. We had lost our home there, and my parents could not afford to pay for school. So with the money we got from selling all our furniture, my parents bought airplane tickets and we came to the U.S. because it was our last hope.

What a crock, they applied for a six month visa with no intention of returning to Guatemala. The family deserves no pity!

This young man got education which he would never got in his own country , taking his family situation and other factors into the consideration .
If he goes back , behaves , applies for papers etc - he can still come here and work as a lawyer , living the honest life .
Otherwise with his education - he can have a good life in his own country .
Unfortunately , this should not be the problem of Americans that his parents did not make a right decision for their children .
After all , there are many Americans who can only dream about being the lawyers - but because of financial etc reasons - this dream will never be fulfilled . So , not all the Americans can live the American Dream .
Why does this man think - he is entitled to it ?

Boo frickin hoo!

Katie and Company,

Your sob story portrayal of 'Carlos' was the biggest piece of journalistic tripe I have ever encountered. The man has NO LEGAL RIGHT to be here. He has the benefit of a taxpayer-funded education, let him go back to his own country and put it to use THERE!

Your continued pandering to the illegal alien lobby sickens and disgusts me. Rest assured that millions of Americans like myself realize that you are doing nothing more than spewing the propaganda that Karl Rove and his corporate cronies have provided you with.

May I suggest that you start covering the REAL effects of illegal immigration. The depressed wages of working-class Americans, the closed hospitals, over-crowded schools, bulging prisons, resurgence of once-vanquished diseases and environmental degradation. An internship with Lou Dobbs is highly recommended.

Sincerely,
XXXXXXX

My email to CBS

Carlos received a good and FREE education at the expense of American taxpayers. He is not a citizen and needs to "get in line" behind the people that are trying to come here legally. Being a squatter does not give ownership.

If he becomes a lawyer, I bet he works for Latino Rights.