President Obama took the right, best and moral measure he could for the young people that call the USA home.

These young people put their lives on the line to win the Dream Act to continue to be the citizen of this country they hope will someday be theirs as a citizen. They were then shunned and scared after the Dream Act was not passed in Congress. It was wrong to stop the Dream Act. I thank President Obama for his dedication to doing the right thing for our country. We educated them and they belong in this country carrying out the expertise that is now theirs.

Dream Act advocate: 'This means I can be normal' (click here)

June 15, 2012 |  9:52 am

It was early Friday morning, and UCLA graduate Maria Gomez had only heard some of the news -- something about President Obama granting immunity to young illegal immigrants like herself -- when the congratulatory text messages began flying in.

She would be able to apply for a work permit, and a driver's license, according to texts from her friends. Although Obama is paving the way for work permits, obtaining driver's licenses are a matter of state law and unaffected by his announcement.

For Gomez, these little privileges mean so much....

They may have been born here or brought here as children, but, they accepted the USA as their home and lived as legal a life as they could. They obeyed the law, went to school, some even worked along side their parents in the fields, but, they belong to us.


For those of the Right Wing upset over the fact there are young people protected from deportation, then they need to have their legislators do something about it. They need to have their Congressmen pass legislation that states otherwise. If they can't and won't do the right thing, then they have no complaints.