First Lady Michelle Obama Questioned by Second-Grader Worried About Her Mom’s Immigra

Feenmi · 04:11 PM

Haha awesome.

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A second-grader stole the show today, even as U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon held a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House.*

While the two Presidents spoke about the need for immigration reform and about concerns over Arizona's harsh new law – without saying anything new or different – down the road in Silver Spring, Maryland, First Lady Michele Obama and Mexico’s First Lady Margarita Zavala visited an elementary school to speak with a class of second graders.*

ABC News’ Karen Travers reports what happened when a young girl spoke up:

The student shyly raised her hand and said, "My mom ... she says that Barack Obama is taking everybody away that doesn't have papers."

Mrs. Obama replied: "Yeah, well that's something that we have to work on, right? To make sure that people can be here with the right kind of papers, right? That's exactly right."

The girl then said quietly, "But my mom doesn't have any ..." and trailed off.

Mrs. Obama replied: "Well, we have to work on that. We have to fix that, and everybody's got to work together in Congress to make sure that happens. That's right."

Sadly, this brief exchange says more about the current state of the immigration debate than the remarks of the two Presidents in the Rose Garden today.*

The little girl wants her mother to have papers, but hears that the President is sending people away if they don't.

In fact, the Obama Administration is on track this year to exceed the deportation levels of the Bush Administration. Most of those deported are not criminals, but ordinary immigrants whose only violation was to come to this country without papers to work hard and seek better lives.* With common-sense comprehensive immigration reform stalled in Congress, and Arizona taking matters into their own hands, this young girl gives voice to the growing frustration and desperation in immigrant families and communities.*

Like the "DREAM Act 5" who earlier this week staged a sit-in in John McCain’s office, young people are increasingly underscoring the dysfunction and consequences of our broken immigration system and showing how Washington’s failure to address the unstable and unsustainable status quo is becoming a moral and political crisis.

http://americasvoiceonline.org/blog/...ried_about_he/

here is the video:

2Face · 05-19-2010, 03:59 PM

Damnnn beat me to it...Can't believe how many lives this issue is touching today. Cmon Barack, do it at least for this little girl...You will become a hero in her eyes!!

beans · 05-19-2010, 04:18 PM

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In fact, the Obama Administration is on track this year to exceed the deportation levels of the Bush Administration.

Brave little girl

Mona Lisa · 05-19-2010, 05:00 PM

I hope Michelle talks about this before they go to bed

Its good bed talk

questionsihave · 05-19-2010, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Mona Lisa

I hope Michelle talks about this before they go to bed

Its good bed talk

Yep, because after the talk the president can wave his hand and pass immigration reform...

ari88 · 05-19-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mona Lisa

I hope Michelle talks about this before they go to bed

Its good bed talk

i hope so too!!!

freshh. · 05-19-2010, 07:09 PM

They just ran the story again (along with the story about the DREAMAct5 protesters at McCain's office) on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. The girl's mother is now, understandably, afraid and the school won't be making any further comment about the situation.

hef107 · 05-19-2010, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Mona Lisa

I hope Michelle talks about this before they go to bed

Its good bed talk

Lol.

Great, now the girl is going to get a beating when she gets home.

DREAMactASAP · 08:05 PM

A little girl in second grade. And she is worried that her mom may be taken away from her.

Is it just me, or is something not right about that?

Here's what somebody said in a comment on the Washington Post Web site:
"Sounds like she ought to be placed in a foster-home before it's too late. Preferably one run by a good upstanding law-abiding American citizen who doesn't harbor or aid illegals."

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? I honest-to-goodness wish this person would die. I'm sorry, but this is too much and I can't take it anymore.

laneDearIhope? · 05-19-2010, 08:13 PM

poor little girl was only trying to help her mom out but this goes to show you children know everything. I dont think a child should have that kind of stress... Speaking from personal experience i use to have nightmares about ice busting into my house at night time coming to take us away

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