GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpoli...out-immigration-plan-but-avoids-thorny-issues
THIRTY-TWO FUCKING YEARS GAF....
32!
For those not in the know:
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=28590993&postcount=428
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46557110&postcount=6967
FINALLY!
I will finally gain a life in the USA
President Obama's highly anticipated speech Tuesday outlining his blueprint for an overhaul of the nation's immigration system was perhaps most notable for the big issues left unaddressed.
Rather than wade into thorny territory, and potentially derail the bipartisan momentum in the Senate, the president struck an optimistic, populist tone as framer-in-chief.
"The good news is for the first time in many years, Republicans and Democrats seem ready to tackle this problem together," Obama said in Las Vegas. "The question is do we have the resolve as a people, as a country, as a government, to finally put this issue behind us? I believe that we do."
Obama was clear in calling for a route to citizenship for the more than 11 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. That question is expected to be the most contentious in the legislative fight looming in Congress.
Otherwise, it's precisely the message that many people on both sides of the issue had expected to hear.
"How could he encourage the bipartisan process without becoming a hostage to it?" says Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, a pro-immigrant group. "He faced a pretty difficult tactical decision on whether he was going to introduce his own bill or stay back and respect the legislative process. I thought he did a pretty good job."
The president endorsed the proposals unveiled Monday by a bipartisan group of senators that included a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally. He also joined the senators in calling for strengthened border security, a mandatory system for verifying workers' immigration status and "bringing our legal immigration system into the 21st Century" with streamlined processes to handle future flows of newcomers.
Obama did warn lawmakers, however, that he'd "send up my own proposal and insist that they vote on it right away" if they steer negotiations on a bill into partisan gridlock.
Before Obama's speech, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida took to the chamber floor and urged the president not to go beyond endorsing the principles outlined by the group of bipartisan senators:
"We have now a very common sense and reasonable set of principles, and I hope what the president will say today is that he hopes that that process succeeds. But if his intentions are to trigger a bidding war to see who can come up with the easiest process, this is not a good start."
Some of the issues Obama avoided will figure prominently in lawmakers' deliberations, such as the sensitive question about the length of time those in the country illegally could be forced to wait before applying for citizenship.
"Of course I wanted more. We want to hear, for those of us who have been working so hard for long, time frames, specifics of the legislation, exactly how we're going to get at citizenship," says Kica Matos, a spokeswoman for the pro-immigrant group Fair Immigration Reform Movement. "But we're certainly heartened that the speech happened in the first place and that the president finally, in a very public way, is taking this on."
Another matter Obama sidestepped is a proposal offered by the senators that U.S. borders be secured before illegal immigrants can seek green cards. The proposal is favored by Republicans in Congress, but is a major concern among pro-immigrant groups.
Tying green-card eligibility to border security isn't part of Obama's own plan, a distinction that Rubio later criticized in a statement reacting to the president's speech.
Critics also noted the president's decision to omit from his speech a provision in his plan to allow a foreign partner in a same-sex relationship to apply for the green card. The Senate plan doesn't include the provision. (At present, only married opposite-sex partners can sponsor a spouse for a green card.)
"That would be a poison pill that would guarantee the whole thing would collapse," says Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for limited immigration and stricter enforcement. "How could the Catholic Church and evangelical groups support that?"
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., in a statement, praised Obama's speech as "courageous." Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he has scheduled the chamber's first hearing on immigration for Feb. 13, a day after Obama's State of the Union address.
The Judiciary panel oversees the subcommittee charged with drafting immigration legislation.
THIRTY-TWO FUCKING YEARS GAF....
32!
For those not in the know:
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=28590993&postcount=428
It's June 14th, on the 21st is my Birthday, I'll be turning 31
I came at the age of 6 (1986) to America, my parents came through earlier by various means, and I was left with my grandmother in Pakistan for 2 years before I came
I have no clue how my dad did it, but he got me here
From then till now, I have been in Immigration Limbo. Yes, FOR OVER 25 FUCKING YEARS my status has been "illegal"
A QUARTER OF A FUCKING CENTURY HAS PASSED, I'M STILL IN LEGAL LIMBO!
My dad became a legal resident in 1993, he applied for me and my mom
My dad died in 1995 due to a massive heart attack while visiting Pakistan, after becoming legal, he went back to his home country after a 20+ year hiatus (to become legal)
Due to his death, me and my moms applications were considered Void due to person sponsoring is dead
I was just turning 15, my dad after becoming legal, had money saved up and bought us a building (to live in, hopefully become an income maker after mortgage was paid off)
I went from a typical devout Muslim boy who was held down by his fathers teachings and religious beliefs to a more liberal free rebellious kid
My mother went into full depression mode for 2 years, I became more of freebird and didn't realize my actions had consequences
My family started a war amongst themselves to leverage the building my father bought, and see who can grab that money maker for themselves
Luckily my mom's friends blockaded this hostile takeover, but the repercussions took a toll
I just needed 1 of my 4 uncles just to "adopt" me for 6 months, I could have been legal, my life would be completely different
It took my mom's younger sister to start the push for her sister to become legal, not me, they went "DESI" (pakistani/indian term for people of that heritage) logic of lets get mom legal, then you, but I knew it would be too late cause my age would factor in, but I was shunned away
Move forward to age 18, nothing, adoption not possible, sponsoring through family still available
Move forward to age 21, nothing, sponsoring by family not available, through work/company/business possible
Move forward to age 25, nothing, no sponsoring available, need to get married to a NBC (natural born citizen), has to be real, none of that fake paper marriage bullshit
My mom became legal through my brother, he was a NBC, when he turned 21 (was born in 1986), 2007, he filed papers due to someone else having same predicaments and helped us getting her legal
She became legal in 2009
My mom went to get me legal, but I was given the bad news too old, can't be done
If they want my mom to try to even sponsor, I would have to eat a 15 year out of the country penalty, I have no one in Pakistan, 0 family, all my family is here
Sorry for long life history post
Can't believe I have been in the USA for over 25 fucking years, I haven't lived a good "legal" day in my life
I'm too scared to do anything, 1 mistake = LOLBaiBaiPaki
Working = need papers, never flown on airplane (except coming to the country when I was 6), furthest I have ever gone from NYC is North = Connecticut (2 years ago), South = Washington DC (when I was 10), West = Pennsylvania (10 again), East (Halfway through Long Island)
I cant drive, no ID of any kind (fucking scary, no way to prove your you)
I am at the end, almost half of my life lost to some stupid decisions made by others which affected so heavily that every year just compounds it, fucking excruciating
It would be better just to end and kill myself that I can't do anything in a country "Where anything is fucking possible"
Sorry for the ramble, needed to vent, cant believe 7 days from turning 31, I'm still @ the status I was when I was fucking 6 in 1986....Fuck Me!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46557110&postcount=6967
Oh Sorry (late reply and all), I wasn't trying to be one of those Drama Queens who uses the word Depression lightly
I invested a lot into my Denver Broncos this year, NFL-GAF can attest to this
(Hell I haven't posted that much in the thread after that week)
I have gone through some huge rough patches, some I have spoken here on GAF
I just try to mask it as much as possible
I have been physically and emotionally abused by my father since a young age (6-14 years old), a devout Muslim, who thought going strict religion was his salvation to achieving greatness in this and the after-life, wash away his sins, but forced his family to follow and any push to move away, would be dealt with force
I was sexually abused by a Masjid Fellowship-er (I think that the word, he's part of the system)
Was always fat through out 32 year life (I did fix myself up for a few years in the teenage years, which helped my Psyche, so that didn't help off-balance my Depression
I go through waves of it, sometimes, I sleep for days, not seeking light, just want to close my eyes and never awake
Sometimes I feel like I have overcome it and take charge of the situation, but it always comes back, and with a vengeance
I'm a Illegal immigrants on top of that, so that burdens me from getting any help, medication wise (Insurance for me is an absurd amount, I do mean absurd)
I feel like I'm Bi-Polar, I go up and down real quickly, things is I just keep swallowing and just ballooning it inside me
Seriously I try to medicate myself by keeping myself busy, earning Trophies, a virtual useless icon that has no merit to most, really cheers me up (Pavlovian Syndrome anyone? lol)
Earning them really brightens me up for some reason, the PING! noise alone makes me get excited
Sometimes my Trophy Whoring really does overtake my life, to keep me from going to Woe is Me mode, but rather than help fight it, it contributes and that is when I get overwhelmed and go full down
I just give up for a few days, just want to sleep, darkness to surround me, cool climate, just away from everything
Then there are times I go to family gatherings, where I get on such a high from my relatives and social interacting, that when it's time to leave, I get hit with such a huge crash of anti-socialness I'll have in my own house which then offsets to Depression
(I hope that sounds right, in my mind it does)
I feel like I'm in such a unique/weird position, that everything I do right, is miniscule, every thing I do wrong is the worst tragedy I have ever done to myself or some else
FINALLY!
I will finally gain a life in the USA
