Son of Immigrant Elected to White House

Published November 04, 2008 @ 10:12PM PT

Barack Obama has been elected president of the United States.

He will be the first president of color this country has ever had.

He will be the first U.S. president with an immigrant parent since Herbert Hoover.

He will be a president who organized in a low-income urban community. One who studied and taught constitutional law. One who I hope has a vision for immigration reform that values human rights more than border walls.

Sí, se puede? Ojalá que sí, pero vamos a ver. I hope so, but we will see.

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Dear Sir,
My wife ,my under 21 daughter and I happily received our green card in 2006.when I was 61 and two other daughters over 21 had to live seperately in our native country Iran. I was happy at the beginning but after serious attempts for job ,regretly no matching job was found . So I left my wife and daughter in the States and returned to my native country to provide their costs of living and school ( Cal State Polytechnic University).Hence please :
* Do something for the seperated families to get united (ie.my two other girls join us in the US).
* Do something for immigrants who can not find the job due to age or diabilities ,but like to stay there in order to support their own families. I have had over 30 years of commercial experience in Auto manufacturing companies.
Thank you
Razavi

Posted by Seyedmostafa Razavi on 11/09/2008 @ 04:29AM PT
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