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Monday, August 1, 2005
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Westword profiles immigrants in this story. They write, "Lilian hates it that the Mexican government is living large while the people starve -- but she knows it's not the U.S.'s fault. 'In the Third World, in countries like mine, we do suffer more,' she says. 'But unfortunately, we cannot send the invoice to America and have America be in charge of everything.' She wishes that immigrants could come work here legally and avoid a life in the shadows, a life where they're taken advantage of or stand to lose everything if their deportation day comes. 'In February, Lilian was invited by Citizenship and Immigration Services to share her story with about sixty new citizens at a naturalization ceremony. Nervous, she faced the crowd. 'I was one of you,' she told them. 'A few years ago, I was sitting in that chair being sworn in myself. 'In the Third World, people talk about the American dream, and I'm living it. I'm very fortunate.'"
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
6:52:59 AM 
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