Legal or not, immigrants are getting political on campus
By Javier Erik Olvera
Jose Ruiz is like many college students. He's outspoken. He's politically active. And, most importantly, he wants to make sure as many people as possible hit the polls come Election Day. Why? Because he can't. Ruiz is an illegal immigrant.
Buoyed by Super Tuesday's record Latino voter turnout, a San Jose State University student group — made up of both legal and illegal residents — is planning a widespread, grass-roots campaign to register voters, especially those who can speak for them at the polls. "I don't need to live in the shadows anymore," said Ruiz, a 24-year-old San Jose State student whose mother brought him from Mexico on a tourist visa when he was a child.
No son, you don't need to live in the shadows anymore, you need to live in Mexico so you can make a difference in YOUR country, so you can change the political culture in YOUR country, so you can create jobs in YOUR country - not the US.
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