Tagged: Obama

State Capitol News
12:48 pm
Thu January 26, 2012

Obama Confronts Brewer on Unflattering Portrayal in Brewer's New Book

Three months after she published her unflattering description of him, it appears President Obama is still miffed with Gov. Jan Brewer. Arizona Public Radio's Howard Fischer explains.

On Wednesday the president flew into Phoenix as part of a multi-state tour following the State of the Union address. Brewer said she greeted him at the airport and gave him a hand-written note asking that they get together at some point to talk.

"And he changed the subject to my book, Scorpions for Breakfast, and was a little bit disenchanted, if you will, about how he was portrayed," Brewer said.

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Fronteras
3:11 pm
Wed January 25, 2012

White House Immigration Proposal Could Help Thousands

This is what Enrique thought when he first noticed Ramona, a pretty brunette from Mexico, "It was as if I had seen the most beautiful girl in the whole world standing in front of me, and from then on we've been together.

"Its been about 10 years," says Ramona. "And it still feels like the first day."

The couple is now raising four children together in Las Vegas. But things became complicated. Ramona is undocumented. which is why we aren’t using the couples’ last names. Her marriage to Enrique, a U.S. citizen, wasn’t enough to make her legal. All the lawyers told Enrique the same thing.

They told him there is no way to change her legal status in this country. She is going to have to leave.

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