Ana Roa Arrázola, who questioned the president about immigration policies in October, calls Senate vote 'heartbreaking.'
By Mawuse Ziegbe
Ana Roa Arrázola speaks during "A Conversation With President Obama" on Oct. 14, 2010
Photo: MTV
Saturday's Senate vote yielded the historic passing of a bill that will end the armed forces' polarizing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. However, the day was also low point for supporters of the Dream Act, a measure which would have helped some illegal immigrants who entered the United States as children and have contributed to society earn citizenship.
The vote was especially disappointing for Ana Roa Arrázola, a student who bravely questioned President Barack Obama about the nation's frustratingly complex immigration process at MTV's October town hall, "A Conversation with President Obama." The commander in chief promised Arrázola, who entered the country legally but is unable to return to her native Colombia to visit her 92-year-old...
By Mawuse Ziegbe
Ana Roa Arrázola speaks during "A Conversation With President Obama" on Oct. 14, 2010
Photo: MTV
Saturday's Senate vote yielded the historic passing of a bill that will end the armed forces' polarizing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. However, the day was also low point for supporters of the Dream Act, a measure which would have helped some illegal immigrants who entered the United States as children and have contributed to society earn citizenship.
The vote was especially disappointing for Ana Roa Arrázola, a student who bravely questioned President Barack Obama about the nation's frustratingly complex immigration process at MTV's October town hall, "A Conversation with President Obama." The commander in chief promised Arrázola, who entered the country legally but is unable to return to her native Colombia to visit her 92-year-old...
- 12/19/2010
- MTV Music News
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