We need a new party to represent the American people for the first time. A party that will stand up to the special interest groups and fight for Medicare for everybody in the country. We need a party that will stand up to the NRA and corporations who are against Social Security and Medicare.

The "gang of 8" wants no more than about 25% more future legal immigration than we have now. Calling that "reform" is like saying "we are doing immigrants a great big huge favor, to allow any to come at all." Meanwhile economists are telling us the more legal immigration we allow, the more dramatically our economy will grow; the better jobs there will be for citizens; and the more taxes we will collect towards our crushing deficit. America needs immigrants more desperately than immigrants need America.

Our legislators need to understand how much this nation will benefit from providing a path to citizenship for the millions of hard-working community members and their families.

I as an educator/teacher have been personally affected when I see so many of my good, good ex students facing the fear of being deported to a country they do not know, not only that but been separated from their families. Families who have being here for many, many years and contributed to our society. Please give them their permit to remain in this wonderful country made by immigrants.

America was created and built by immigrants. Citizenship should be easy and quick for our hard-working immigrants.

Reform that includes binational spouses of all American citizens.

I am starting this petition because I want to make sure the 11 million immigrants in this country get a chance at the American Dream. I want your support in this immigration bill, to help save families from being separated as was mine in 2010, when my husband went through the very emotional immigration process. I feel no child should have to spend a birthday, Easter or any day without their parent because of our broken immigration system.

Just Comprehensive Immigration Reform Now

I haven't but if what they want to do passes I will be affected as SS is my main source of income, about 90%.

Roberto Clemente educates the highest at-risk high school student population in our school district. This school is repeatedly targeted for closure - which, essentially, is budget-balancing on the backs of the students most in need. My son, Addison, as well as many other young people (and their families) are in serious jeopardy of losing the one program that has proven to help. This school has a waiting list of students being referred from the comprehensive high schools. We should be looking for ways to better support this population of students - NOT deplete it.

Panama Central School received state funds for building projects in 2002 and 2005. Due to oversight on the parts of both the state and the school district, one last report on these projects was not submitted. The state was aware of the omission, but failed to notify the District for several years. Governor Cuomo and Speaker Silver have decided to levy a $4.9 million fine on this small, economically challenged school district. Panama is not the only school district to have been sledgehammered over paperwork issues. This can happen to any school district or other recipient of state funds. The law needs to be changed to require timely notification so that errors can be promptly addressed and not allowed to run on for years and incur unmanageable punitive fines. In the case of school districts, the ones who suffer are the students and the taxpayers, who are on the receiving end of the financial consequences.

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