Democracy Now Topic

On January 29^th, 2014 Amy Goodman and others spoke and gave their opinions about the State Of The Union speech Obama gave the day before.  After listening to the entire radio show, there was one specific topic that really caught my attention because it was something I could really relate to and fully understand. Lorella Praeli, one of the guests invited by Obama, gave her options and thoughts about what Obama said about immigration laws and how this topic should be taken a bit more serious since it is something Obama has promised us since he was running for president. One of Praeli’s biggest concerns was that Obama barley spoke about immigration and how things will be changed in the future. She felt that he was just repeating the same exact thing he said the previous years and was going to change. I must slightly disagree with Praeli’s statement because I actually do believe Obama has made opportunities happen for undocumented immigrants compared to other presidents we have had in the past. He hasn’t done much for every undocumented person in America, but I believe he has given young immigrants many opportunities we thought weren’t going to happen any time soon. So far he has given young immigrants the right to legally be in America, have a job, go to college, receive financial aid, have a social security number, and many other things. On the other hand, he hasn’t done much for the same parents of those young immigrants that were given those rights, which I believe is something extremely unfair and it is also something Praeli stated. At a certain point Praeli started talking about how a family member was deported over a minor traffic incident and it was something that I really could relate to. When I was younger my father was deported over a small traffic violation. Around this time I was really young and didn’t fully understand until my mother explained to me what was going on. I began to wonder why certain people did not want us here if all we wanted to do was have a better life and live “the American Dream.” We never wanted to harm America; we didn’t come here to cause problems, so why didn’t they want us here? Our parents sacrifice themselves being here and risk being deported every single day just for us to have a better life, so why don’t they deserve the same thing too?