Barack Obama hit the front page of the Mexican papers again this morning, this time in an exclusive interview (snagged after his speech at the Austin Convention Center) with the Mexico City daily Reforma, in which he made comments sure to please Mexicans. In some of his strongest language so far on the immigration issue, Obama told Reforma that raids and deportations aren’t the answer.
“The raids haven’t worked,” Obama said. “It’s clear the contribution these Mexican workers make for our economy and one of my priorities on this issue is to keep the families of immigrants united and not separate them with deportations.”
Mexico by and large couldn’t be happier with the three remaining presidential candidates, widely perceived here to be the most immigrant-friendly of the original slate of candidates.
"This sounds to good to be true, but if Obama does became president could we expect him to actually do this, according to the book many organization in the 1950's and 60's wanted this to happen. In the book Walls and Mirrors, the Community Service Organization (CSO), states that "immigrants had existed for far to long on the margins of Amerian society "uncemented" "The time has come for such persons to be officially incorporated into American society."
If Obama happens to win this election and put his statement to practice will immigrants in the U.S. actually be considered part of the so known American Society, or will all this turn out to be a disaster among people who want the immigrants out.
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Obama has a good point about raids not working because it has been time aftertime that this is what has been happening and accomplished little. They should forcus more on reform instead of deportation.
The only thing I have trouble with this is that he is saying this whie running, but will he change his mind when he is in office. We know that candidates just try to get votes and will say and do anything to get elected. I don't trsut a whole lot of candidate for that reason. I guess I am like a lot of Latinos in the book Fluid Borders where it is very difficult to trust politicians for saying one thing now and then when elected seem like a whole different person in order to be to satisfy the majority.
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