Valerie Jarrett's comments to Alan Gomez - Page 2

Originally Posted by Cybore

Who knows maybe Citizenship is so strongly pushed so as to lead to a better position when compromise is necessary. Citizenship may be demanded, but compromise may eventually require immigrant advocates to be satisfied with work permits and residency. Either way, as of now, for most republicans anything short of mass deportation and removal of immigrants is failure, so it doesn't matter.

Originally Posted by Sorrybrah

I really hope a lot of people will be given a chance. Not everybody wants to be a citizen of this country. Most would like to come here only for work and spend a portion of the year with their loved ones back in their homelands. That's why I will never understand the notion that us citizenship is sacred.

Originally Posted by drvenom

I just need the ability to work. My thesis for the second masters was just approved by my adviser and I can't do anything with my degrees unless I have a work permit. I use to work as a projectionist a few years ago, but I heard most companies are more diligent about checking people's ability to work legally these days. I wasted all my life learning math and econ and preparing for a top 20 PhD program that I didn't learn how to do anything else. For some time I use to format computers and do small computer tech stuff, but it seems most people just go to best buy these days. Maybe I'll wash dishes if nothing happens.

Originally Posted by Pianoswithoutfaith

If the Senate pushes for citizenship or nothing. It would just prove everything we have said about this deal. we are nothing but pawns being played in as chess game. The dems will push for it. And as expected it will fail the house. They will later cry for the Hispanic vote saying how they tried to do something but evil mean republicans didn't want to work with their plan.

Originally Posted by Michcio07

Totally agree, honestly would you be not happy to have a 'special green card' where you can travel anywhere, work anywhere in the us, travel to and from the country but not get the Citizenship? I think I would be more totally fine with that. Yes, if I break a law there is a chance I will get deported, but by breaking the law I would deserve that, and no I wouldn't get to vote. But lets be real, at the moment we can't do any of those things and yet be deported any minute....

Originally Posted by Pianoswithoutfaith

Wait by breaking the law you would deserve that or because I broke the law its the least they could give us

Originally Posted by chocolatedrop

That is why the advocacy groups should stop pushing for citizenship and let people get permanent residency,but its about the voting block that the dems want to secure. One day this will get fixed

Originally Posted by Morrow

I don't think even green card is in the scope of the President's authority. Is it?