18-year old DREAMer Jessica Bravo was visiting Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA) last week to talk about immigration reform. The congressman, a powerful man three times her age, told her “I hate illegals,” and threatened Jessica and her family, shouting at her “I know where you live!” No matter what Rep. Rohrabacher thinks about immigration reform, what he did was just plain wrong. As Speaker of the House, the buck has to stop with John Boehner. He needs to make clear whether he stands against this behavior or will tacitly endorse it.

Please for the very much needed Compassion not only for all Families but especially the Children that have been torn apart by the Present Obama Administration's Record # of Deportations...Thank You For Reading, Signing & Sharing!

Stop spending Department of Justice dollars to criminalize the poorest of the poor and most vulnerable people seeking the American Dream. While DOJ spends $10,000.00 a day prosecuting people who enter the United States without permission, the Courts have to make deals with drug runners and human traffickers. In December 2009, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Operation Streamline’s group hearings in Tucson violate federal law. Courts have ruled that the assembly-line hearings in Operation Streamline violate Rule 11 on Due Process Requirements and the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution on Probable Cause. New prisons have been built in 3 states to handle the high rate of "convictions." Private prison corporations have gained $5.5 BILLION since 2005 for housing these voiceless immigrants in deplorable conditions; indeed they are the only people who profit from Operation Streamline. Yet, Operation Streamline continues processing 400 to 650 persons a day in 2 -3 hour court sessions, Monday through Friday in Yuma and Tucson, AZ; Las Cruces, NM; El Paso, Laredo, Del Rio, Brownsville and McAllen, TX. And now, there is discussion of expanding Operation Streamline from its current 8 locations to all locations on the southern border of the United States BEFORE comprehensive immigration reform can get started.

This week, my 66-year-old mother was jailed. She attended a Senate hearing on immigration reform where not a single Latino undocumented worker was given an opportunity to testify. As Director of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano took the microphone, my mother stood up and called for an end to the deportations that tear apart our families. I am so proud of her bravery. But for this, my mother was detained for more than eight hours. Is this really what it takes for the voices of those most impacted by immigration reform to be heard? Sen. Schumer is responsible for pushing immigration reform through a Democrat-controlled Senate that is supposed to be on our side. He cares a lot about his image right now. Tell Sen. Schumer you want a Latino undocumented worker to testify at the next immigration hearing.

HB 2787 needs to move out of committee and onto the House floor.

A student was denied admittance to Trident Technical College because he was undocumented. Trident stated that our state Immigration law disallowed his admittance, but Homeland Security has ruled these Dreamers are lawfully present and therefore our state law does not apply to these young people. It is important to clarify this legally to all our schools and allow these students in.

Florida's roads are full of unlicensed, undocumented individuals who have lived in the U.S. for years and, because of the always pending immigration reform, cannot become legal residents. We need those individuals to be granted driver's licenses, so that we not only have safer roads and improve the ratio of insured drivers, but also address the marginalization of hundreds of thousands of Floridian families who are living in the shadows of a pending immigration reform. Let's do something about this!

We petition the Obama administration to: publicly support Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor's stand that children of undocumented workers should get citizenship.

Senator Marco Rubio has become the most vocal Republican on immigration reform. But he needs to know that relegating some immigrants to a de facto second-class status for life isn’t good for immigrants or America. He has stated publicly that he supports a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US – but the process he’s designing could take decades, meaning that some people will be unable to become citizens in their lifetimes. This is not acceptable. We know the citizenship process must be straightforward and real; it should take a matter of years -- not decades.

Children, born outside the United States, now ages five through age twelve, brought into this country illegally by their parents should be granted immediate United States citizenship if they have lived here for at least five continuous years. They should not be punished for a crime they did not commit or could not prevent. Currently all children born in the United States, even if their parents are illegal immigrants, are according to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution American citizens from their birth. Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Unfortunately, those children brought into the country after birth are penalized by their parents illegal immigrant status. The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution does not allow cruel and unusual punishments. Punishing children for the crimes of their parents is a cruel and unusual punishment and therefore, is not allowed by our Constitution. Being born here, even if their parents are criminals, does not deny a child their right to United States citizenship. Therefore, since children have no way to prevent their parents from committing an illegal act they should not be held accountable and punished for such acts. They should be afforded the same documentation and recognized status as citizens under our Constitution, even though they were not born here, as those children born in the U.S. of illegal immigrants.

Last relative immigration act. Most countries have a policy when a citizen who has no other relatives in the country can sponsor only one relative to come to the country. It doesn't matter if it s a grandmother or a brother. It is a last relative, who needs and wants to immigrate to establish a family connection. I have a 28 year old son who is my only relative and I can't get him immigrate to the US because he is over 21. I have nobody in this country. This is just not right.

It is time for Georgia to join the rest of the country in support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for our undocumented immigrant neighbors who have worked hard to build this country like our immigrant ancestors (including my Italian ones, who happened to come here "illegally", like many others did of all backgrounds).