I know our country's immigration laws are broken. My son-in-law, who has been in this country since he was a teenager, was racially profiled, stopped, and arrested in the small town of Fincastle, VA. In just a matter of weeks, he was dropped in a Mexican border town without ever having appeared in front of a judge and without signing a voluntary removal document. These types of deportations are happening at a rate of 1,100 per day and must be stopped! Over 200 days ago, the Democratic-led Senate passed an immigration bill that would update our broken immigration laws. Yet, Speaker John Boehner and key Republicans in the House -- including my member of Congress, Rep. Bob Goodlatte -- are refusing to allow a vote on it. As the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Goodlatte has the power to move legislation, like the Senate's immigration bill, that could directly help my family and millions of families like mine. Still, Rep. Goodlatte has refused to meet with me (and even my pastor) to talk about it. I need your help getting through to Rep. Goodlatte. Since he's a key Republican working on immigration reform, his decisions will impact all of us!

I have been in the United States from 11 years old. I consider myself an American and I made a mistake however, I have learnt and encouraged others to not follow my path. I have also been a tax paying alien. My entire family including my five year old daughter is in the US deporting me will separate me from my family and my daughter.

Justin Bieber, Canadian teen pop music and heart-throb, has gotten himself out of some hot water in Florida. At approximately 4am this morning, Justin was pulled over by police in Miami after he was caught drag racing in his yellow Lamborghini. After failing a field sobriety test, he confessed to having been consuming alcohol, smoking marijuana, and had taken some prescription pills. Subsequently, he was additionally charged with driving without a valid drivers license and resisting arrest. After making a brief appearance before a judge, his bail was set to $2,500 and was released before a crowd of adoring fans who waited for him outside of the jail. The Bieber experience as an immigrant who made a string of mistakes starkly contrasts what many other immigrants with different statuses in this country experience, particularly undocumented Latinos. Every day, police departments all over the country work together with ICE to maintain 34,000 beds in different private detention centers filled to capacity every day and night. The vast majority of those who are incarcerated in these centers before being deported are Latino, and many of them are in these centers for far less severe infractions than what Mr. Bieber did. We at Presente.org are profoundly inspired by the Bieber experience, as it shows that the justice system may in fact have a soft spot for people who make mistakes. We are calling on the Department of Homeland Security and all police departments to adopt this trend of treating ALL other undocumented immigrants as if they were Justin Bieber.

Justin Bieber has been making headlines lately, but facing deportation shouldn't be one of them. His latest arrests should be dealt with like anyone else, with a day in court, not a threat of detention and deportation. We all deserve equality under the law. All of his fans and everyone else, let's get Bieb's back. Tell the Department of Homeland Security to stop these out-of-control deportations, beginning with Justin Bieber. #dontdeportbieber

Justin Bieber has been making headlines lately, but facing deportation shouldn't be one of them. His latest arrests should be dealt with like anyone else, with a day in court, not a threat of detention and deportation. We all deserve equality under the law. All of his fans and everyone else, let's get his back.

Siham has deeply impacted the lives of everyone around her, especially that of her son, Naseem. If she is deported, her friends, community and son will all suffer an immense loss. Naseem will be most deeply affected, as he will be left alone, placed in state care and subjected to the uncertainties of life in foster care.

I have family and friends that deserve get the benefits of an Immigration Reform, for get a valid Social Security Number, Work Permit, the right to get back to their countries and return to this country for built a strong nation. Time is now.

IM STARTING THIS PETITION BECZ TOO MANY OF OUR LOVE 1S ARE WRONGLY BEEN DEPORTED MOST WITHOUT SEEING A IMMGTATION JUDGE AND MOST NOT NOTIFYING THERE LOVE ONE UNTIL THERE IN THERE OWN COUNTRY MY SPOUSE OF 14YRS WAS WRONGLY DEPORTED BACK TO MEXICO WITH OUT ANY CLOTHES BUT THE ONES ON HIS BACK AND NOT NOTIFYINGE ME HIS US CITZEN WIFE EVERYDAY I SUFFER AND CRY FOR MY SPOUSE IM LIVING IN #ELL NOT KNOWING IF YOUR LOVE ONE IS ALIVE OR NOT I WOULDNT WISH THIS ON MY WROST EMENY THIS HARSH AND CRUEL PUNSHIMENT NEEDS TO STOP WE ARE ALL HUMAM BEEN AND SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE ONE OUR LOVE ONES SHPULDNOT BEEN PUNSIHED FOR TRYING TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY IN THE USA ALL THERE WANTING TO DO IS LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM I WANT MY HUSBAND HOME HE DERSEVE TO BE HERE AS SO MANY OTHERS PLEASE SIGN AND PASS THE REFORM BILL SO ARE LOVE 1 WILL NOT HAVE TO SUFFER AND LIVE IN PAIN WITJOUT THERE LOVE ONES AS SUCH AS I AM THANK YOU

Michelle will be forced to spend her 12th birthday saying good-bye to her Dad, instead of spending it with him and the rest of her family like most kids her age. That's because immigration officials in the Obama Administration have decided to deport Michelle's dad, Ricardo Ramos. He has until Thursday to leave, the very same day as her birthday. Ricardo has called Ohio his home for nearly two decades and has three U.S. citizen children, yet ICE officials want to tear his family apart by deporting him. If ICE officials go through with Ricardo's deportation, Ricardo's family will be devastated. He's a loving dad and is the sole breadwinner in the family, recently taking on a second job in a restaurant in addition to the 16 years he's spent working in local nurseries. When police pulled Ricardo over for driving without a license, they sent him to ICE officials. Friends and supporters got Ricardo's initial January 1, 2014 deportation date postponed, but now ICE officials have set a new date to deport him just a few days away. We need your help returning him to his family! Ricardo would likely qualify for the path to citizenship in the Senate immigration bill and President Obama's Administration shouldn't be pushing hardworking, taxpaying Americans like Ricardo for Speaker John Boehner's inaction. In fact, because President Obama supports the Senate's bill, he shouldn't be deporting immigrants like Ricardo at all. Please help Ricardo by asking ICE officials to exercise "prosecutorial discretion" and let Ricardo return home to his family where he belongs. They need you to act right now! Michelle shouldn't spend her birthday being torn away from her dad. Help Ricardo stay where he belongs, at home!

Millions of Americans are "long-term unemployed." With 20 million inmigrante indocumentados ca$hing paychecks the U.S. does not need "Compreshensive Immigration Reform." The current immigration laws should be applied to those inmigrantes.

Lesbia will separated from her 4-year-old son, Anthony, and 4-month-old daughter, Melanie, on January 16, 2014, if the community doesn’t stop her deportation! You can help keep Lesbia with her two small children. She is a loving mother of Anthony and Melanie, both of whom are U.S. citizens. Lesbia has lived in Virginia since 2005. She has worked really hard all of these years to provide for her children and to see them go to school. Her dream is to see her son and daughter go to college. In 2013, Lesbia was heading to work when she was pulled over in Virginia. She had a drivers license from Maryland, a neighboring state, but the Virginia police officer did not consider it to be valid. She was taken to ICE where Lesbia was put in Deportation Proceedings. She does not have a criminal record. Please help keep Lesbia with her children!

Lesbia will separated from his 4-year-old son Anthony, & 4-month-old daughter Melanie, on January 16th, 2014 if the community doesn’t stop her deportation! Lesbia is a loving mother of a Anthony & Melanie both who are U.S. Citizen. Lesbia has lived in the Virginia since 2005. Lesbia has worked really hard all of these years to provide for her children, to see them go to school. Lesbia's dream is to see his son & daughter go to college. In 2013, on a workday, Lesbia was heading to work when she was pulled over in Virginia. Lesbia had a driver license from Maryland, a neighboring state, but the Virginia police officer did not consider it to be valid. Lesbia was taken to ICE where Lesbia was put in Deportation Proceedings. Lesbia does not have a criminal record. Please keep Lesbia with her son Anthony & daughter Melanie.