Writting to the President - Page 2

Well it took me a while to first write it and then type it. Here it is guys. Hopefully my message gets to him and please not too harsh on the criticism as it is my life I'm talking about. Thanks



Dear Mr. President,

Mr. Obama, I am going to continue by telling you about my life. I was born in Mexico City in '93 and arrived in the United States when I was five. I was living content with my family and attended a private school for kindergarten. I passed to the first grade but only stayed for about two months because my mom decided to bring my sister and me to the United States. My dad could no longer find a job so he crossed the border and went to California in search of work. My mom could not live without my dad so she, and my other aunts, crossed the border.
My mother was pregnant with my little brother so I am guessing it must have been hard for her to cross the border in her condition. My sister and I, on the other hand, crossed the border with borrowed papers. Once we got to the U.S., we first went to El Paso and stayed there until my mom and aunts met us there. I don't rememberr how much time we spent in El Paso but soon we came here to Dallas and we have been living here ever since.
I went to two Dallas schools as my first American schools. We didn't stay at Dallas long so we moved to the suburbs in Mesquite. Learning English was not really all that hard because I was a really bright student. I'm not trying to be pompous but I am just simply stating the facts. My academic accomplishments were pretty good because I got a versimilitude of rewards and recognitions with an acute knowledge of English. Up until the 5th grade, I continued to struggle with my reading, but since I read a myriad number of books, my English had improved dramatically.
Middle school was also challenging but I managed to get all A's my 7th and 8th grade years. I am now a junior and will be graduating next year. Illegal immigration really meant nothing to me until I got into high school because I noticed I could not get a job or a driver's license. Discrimination took a toll on me because the media kept donning news about undocumented immigrants being deported. I knew I was one of them but I had the strength to openly say I was an undocumented immigrant because I ranked 1 in my class my sophomore year. Up until today, I'm not scared of being undocumented because I know I have never done anything wrong to this great nation and I consider myself an American, even if my classmates don't accept me that way. I know they are probably jealous that an undocumented person is smarter and more applied than they are, but that still does not stop them from discriminating me with racial slurs and humiliating me.
I can't give up now that I'm so close to graduating with honors, even more now that I'm in NHS (National Honor Society). I ask myself: Why does the government continue to raise my hopes and then just crush them into a million pieces? Why do they allow people like me to dream while knowing that with our status, we might never be able to reach those dreams? On behalf of my family, I'd like to say that, besides the fact that we are undocumented, we have never broken any other laws set forth by this country. We are a good people and just like any other family, we seek only life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I now realize that if I want the United States to help me, then I must not "ask what this country can do for [me], but what [i] can do for this country" (John F. Kennedy). Currently I rank 5 in my 2011 class and have a GPA of 3.70.
I am proud to be Mexican and I am not afraid to say I'm undocumented. I know I've never done anything wrong and hopefully never will. There are probably millions of others like myself and I think we are just as American as football or the Fourth of July. We are not a second-class citizen in this great nation. With your help Mr. President, we can rise up and fight for what we have earned. We may not have had voices back when we were three or five, but now we think like Americans and Americans is what we are.
No more racial slurs, discrimination, or limitations in society. We must break that which seperates us from our hopes and dreams. We have to be able to have our voices be heard by those who are willing to listen. Mr. Obama, it's not too late to do what is just in the eyes of the Founding Fathers. We cannot allow last millennia's way of thinking to exist anymore because we are America's future in this new century and millennia. I implore that you act now because if this were to fail, then all our hard work will be for nothing.
Mr. President, you have said that a "tough road lies ahead" and I agree, but the road would be less bumpy if we were allowed to contribute to society. God is in our side Mr. Obama, and with that, there is no stopping us.
Happy the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains knowlege!
--Proverbs 3:13


Thank you for taking the time to read this, if at all my plea reaches you. God bless you and your family Mr. President. God Bless America.

Sincerely,

*******

P.S. Please push for a Comprehensive Immigration Reform as my and millions of others' future relies on it. Support the D.R.E.A.M. Act.

Futile attempt

I haven't sent it yet. Either way, you don't have to be all negative about it.

Why are you taking your hopelessness out on other people on these forums? It does nothing to move anyone forward. If you think writing a letter can't matter, go read Gideon's Trumpet.

You should send it. Your story is compelling, and even if the president never personally reads it, someone who works in our government -will- and that person will be touched by your story.

Ignore the haters. As they say in dating "It's not you... its him."

ps. I am still working on mine its hella long now... but its coming!

Thank you, I don't know what was going on with that guy but I'm sure he's probably just having a bad day.

Are you going to post your letter on this thread as well?

I gotta now that you did! gimme a day or so to edit and I will put it here. AND then we can make a pact to mail them

Darn! I just sent the message via the link at the beginning of this thread. Sorry bro. :/

I hope someone gets it though.

Alright... I'm off to go hand write a letter right now.

i like the letter. I think that we should get more people to write to the president so they can see that we want the dream act. Another thing, we should tell him that he should push congress to pass the dream act. it will be ironic if he doesn't since he has been supporting higher education for all.
I will work on my letter and post it soon.