Subject: Where's your family from?
From: "Jose Magana" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 20:41:50 -0500

Hunter --

I was brought to this country from Mexico when I was 2
years old. 

I am an undocumented immigrant -- and I am living proof
that our immigration system is broken.

For the first 17 years of my life, I slept on a couch. My
mom worked three jobs to support our family.

I worked hard, too. I did my homework, participated in
class, and earned the opportunity go to college. But after
I enrolled, state law changed and many undocumented
immigrants were forced to drop out. Suddenly they could no
longer afford the education they were eager to work for.

We started organizing. We'd go up to people on campus, and
ask them if they'd heard about the DREAM Act, which would
allow hard-working immigrants who grew up in the U.S. to
earn a path to citizenship. For those who opposed it, we'd
tell them what happened to us. 

It was amazing: Just telling our stories would change
people's minds.

This is exactly how we're going to persuade people across
the country to get behind President Obama's plan for
comprehensive immigration reform. 

Everyone has a story -- I'm sure you do, too. As the
President said last week, "Unless you're one of the first
Americans, a Native American, you came from someplace
else. Somebody brought you."

At this critical moment, will you share your immigration
story? 

http://my.barackobama.com/Share-Your-Immigration-Story

Organizing for Action will use these stories to move
the conversation forward.

Now, almost six years later, I've completed law school and 
was fortunate to receive deferred action. I consider myself an American, 
and I want to play by the same rules as everyone else. But, 
as it stands, I can never become a citizen. I can't adjust my status. 
For most of my life, I could have been arrested, detained, 
and deported.

I'm not alone. Millions of undocumented immigrants like me
live in fear of being deported permanently to a country we
may have never even visited. Our entire lives could be
erased. 

You might not live under the same shadow. But the best
thing about this country is that we are more alike than we
are different. We all have a story of a mother, or
grandfather, or great-great grandparent who came here to
find opportunity or safety. 

Through this grassroots movement, we can raise our voices,
tell our stories, and make sure Congress and all Americans
better understand the ties that bind us. Our stories can
drive our organizing. Share your own story today, and help
Organizing for Action get the word out on why this matters: 

http://my.barackobama.com/Share-Your-Immigration-Story

The majority of Americans agree we need to fix our badly
broken system, and we saw major progress last week. But
it's on us to keep up the momentum and make sure it gets
done.

Thanks for speaking up.

Jose 

Jose Magana

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