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joining me now, carmen lima, and jennifer martinez, a 16-year-old student whose parents are undocumentedis an activist for "one america." carmen i wanted to ask you what your response or reaction was to seeing john boehner say to you he is trying to get it done. and then a few hours later go tell the press, absolutely no way, basically over my dead body. >> well, here is the thing, i told boehner my story hoping that maybe it would touch him. maybe he would like change his mind a little, maybe not completely drop to his knees and say yes, i'm going to go do it right now. but i hoped he would be honest with me. and now i feel betrayed. i feel like he lied to me. i felt like my story meant nothing to him. which is terrible. >> jennifer, you tried -- you and carmen were sort of trying to cross this empathetic gap, trying to let john boehner know what it is like to live in the uncertainty that so many of our fellow americans live in. do you think there is any way of getting it true to politicians? >> i think it is possible. at the end of the day they are human, to some extent. so i mean, tha
joining me now, carmen lima, and jennifer martinez, a 16-year-old student whose parents are undocumentedis an activist for "one america." carmen i wanted to ask you what your response or reaction was to seeing john boehner say to you he is trying to get it done. and then a few hours later go tell the press, absolutely no way, basically over my dead body. >> well, here is the thing, i told boehner my story hoping that maybe it would touch him. maybe he would like change his mind...
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jennifer martinez adolescente de washington 13,18,53.-19,03 "me pueden decir miles de veces, estoy tratando..hasta que yo lo vea, entonces es cuando yo voy a estar feliz con una respuesta" y es que, varios republicanos ya han dicho que no hay tiempo este anio para la reforma, excusas dicen algunos democratas. luis gutierrez d-ill "hay tiempo, lo que falta es voluntad...blah, blah, blah" ileana ross-lehtinen r-fl "voluntad hay ...si hay tiempo..." por otra parte, el presidente barack obama se reunio hoy a puerta cerrada en la casa blanca, con 8 l íderes religiosos y otros funcionarios, para tratar de mantener la presión sobre los legisladores. liliana henao washington, dc los dirigentes religiosos le dijeron al presidente que el sistema vigente perjudica a sus feligreses... ambos estuvieron de acuerdo en que la reforma de las leyes inmigratorias es un imperativo moral y se comprometieron a presionar al congreso para que voten sobre el tema. en washington blanca ---aqui en el rea de la blanca ---aqui en el rea de la baha se afinan los planes para poner mayor presin por una reforma. pitch - ce
jennifer martinez adolescente de washington 13,18,53.-19,03 "me pueden decir miles de veces, estoy tratando..hasta que yo lo vea, entonces es cuando yo voy a estar feliz con una respuesta" y es que, varios republicanos ya han dicho que no hay tiempo este anio para la reforma, excusas dicen algunos democratas. luis gutierrez d-ill "hay tiempo, lo que falta es voluntad...blah, blah, blah" ileana ross-lehtinen r-fl "voluntad hay ...si hay tiempo..." por otra parte, el...
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dear carmen lima and jennifer martinez, it's me, melissa.st thing i lead like to say to you is i'm sorry, i'm sorry when you asked the speaker what he'd do about immigration reform, he told you this. >> well, i'm trying to find somebody to get this thing done. >> so we can count on your vote for immigration reform? >> try to find a way to move the bill forward. >> but just three hours later when asked what the house was going to do about the senate's bipartisan immigration bill, he told the rest of america this. >> we have no intention of ever going into conference on this senate bill. >> now, i know hearing that has got to make you feel a little disappointed right now. the second thing i want to say to you is don't be discouraged by your disappointment because although this might be a setback, this is not a defeat. every u.s. policy reform that has advanced the cause of equality was won after a yielding effort and endurance in the face of obstacles by those who fought for the change. and the fight to push america forward on immigration is g
dear carmen lima and jennifer martinez, it's me, melissa.st thing i lead like to say to you is i'm sorry, i'm sorry when you asked the speaker what he'd do about immigration reform, he told you this. >> well, i'm trying to find somebody to get this thing done. >> so we can count on your vote for immigration reform? >> try to find a way to move the bill forward. >> but just three hours later when asked what the house was going to do about the senate's bipartisan...
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jennifer martinez, one of the girls who had the courage to confront speaker boehner this week. avid chung, an undocumented immigrant youth organizer for the min kwan center. jennifer, tell me what it was like. were you nervous when you approached the speaker of the house? >> i definitely was nervous. it was really nerve-racking. you have this moment where you've planned to speak to someone of such power in the government. even as you're walking, you think to yourself, what if i screw up in wh? what if i say the wrong thing? >> you did a great job. you really did. what did you think about the speaker's reaction to what you were telling him? tell my audience, this audience, a little bit about what you were trying to convey to the speaker about your situation and why this is so important. >> so basically, you know, i just came to speaker boehner. i told him, you know, my story. my fears of being separated from my family. you know, kind of putting this issue, you know, humanizing it. you know, and carmen and i, we both -- we just wanted to share our stories. let him know, you know,
jennifer martinez, one of the girls who had the courage to confront speaker boehner this week. avid chung, an undocumented immigrant youth organizer for the min kwan center. jennifer, tell me what it was like. were you nervous when you approached the speaker of the house? >> i definitely was nervous. it was really nerve-racking. you have this moment where you've planned to speak to someone of such power in the government. even as you're walking, you think to yourself, what if i screw up...
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. >>> y jennifer martÍnez y carmen lima. , ambas dicen que no desistirÁn en sus esfuerzos para que se apruebe la reforma migratoria. hablando de mÁs cosas, hasta los demÓcratas abandonarÍan al presidente obama en su lucha por convencer al pueblo estadounidense que a pesar de mÚltiples problemas con el sitio web, la reforma de salud serÍa un Éxito, se permitirÍa a millones de ciudadanos mantener el seguro mÉdico, aunque no cumpla con los requisitos de la actual legislaciÓn, la casa blanca, dijo que 110 mil se inscribieron a "obamacare" en octubre. el 20% de lo que se anticipÓ. bajo tensiÓn en el tablero en la partido de clippers. se agarrÓ indebidamente a griffin, otro jugador saliÓ en defensa, y se comprÓ el lÍo, queriendo resolver a golpes, el Árbitro suspendiÓ a ambos, burns, y le siguiÓ, lo hizo llevando a sus mellizos que lo alentaban desde la tribuna, se convirtiÓ en un cuadrilatero de boxeo la cancha de baloncesto, si quiere mÁs detalles de lo que acapara titulares, visite univisionnoticias.com desde su computadora o mÓ
. >>> y jennifer martÍnez y carmen lima. , ambas dicen que no desistirÁn en sus esfuerzos para que se apruebe la reforma migratoria. hablando de mÁs cosas, hasta los demÓcratas abandonarÍan al presidente obama en su lucha por convencer al pueblo estadounidense que a pesar de mÚltiples problemas con el sitio web, la reforma de salud serÍa un Éxito, se permitirÍa a millones de ciudadanos mantener el seguro mÉdico, aunque no cumpla con los requisitos de la actual legislaciÓn,...