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Young immigrant discusses life outside the shadows, president’s recognition

Vegas resident Alan Aleman featured in Obama immigration speech

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 | 2 a.m.

In the excitement of the moment Alan Aleman did not capture all of the little details, and he struggles to recall them now. President Barack Obama was at Las Vegas’ Del Sol High School on Jan. 29 to deliver a speech on immigration reform, and he held up Aleman as an example of just the kind of immigrant that deserves a chance to make a life in the United States. Thinking about it a little more than a week later, Aleman blushes with excitement and his smile reaches wide, flashing two rows of braces. He can’t remember exactly what he ...

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By truthserum

Feb. 10, 2013

5:50 a.m.

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i am not impressed

if we didn't unfortuneately share a border with his home country, he wouldn't be here

his criminal parents brought him here so they could make profits off of my loss, which they promptly sent back home never to be seen again - billions of dollars worth

i paid for this guys freebie education while his parents get free healthcare, military defense, police protections, and the miriad of other tax supported benefits that criminals don't deserve

one a word, deport his parents. round them up and send them back. if this guy loves the usa so much then he can do without them.

they are illegal alien criminals to be rounded up and sent back in chains.

if he sends his home country any money, tax the hell out of the wire transfer, at least a 100% tax for starters

then pass legislation that overturns 1982 Plyler vs. Doe which gives criminals the incentives to bring their offspring across the borders for freebie tax supported education

round up and deport all the illegal aliens and their anchor baby offspring and ship them out in chains back to their home countries where they belong

stop supporting criminal activity with tax dollars and making illegal alien criminal activities profitable
By Enigmized

Feb. 10, 2013

7:02 a.m.

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By mred

Feb. 10, 2013

8:18 a.m.

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They are voting already. Didn't this group get in trouble for voter fraud?

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/16/us/inq...
By lp (lucy pinon)

Feb. 10, 2013

3:36 p.m.

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Happy to see an realistic answer to this problem.
By Roslenda (Roberta Anderson)

Feb. 10, 2013

3:46 p.m.

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What's he gonna do when the federal courts rule Obama's Executive Orders unconstitutional?