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President Barack Obama was one of the most talked president. He was being talked a lot because he was our first black president. A lot of people didn’t believe in him during the first months of him winning the debate. They thought that he wasn’t going to get anything accomplished or wouldn’t helped the citizens of the U.S. In discussion of Barack Obama. I believe this point in time was important because, he was able to turn the country to a better place by creating laws and making good decisions. The following points illustrate the importance of this turning point in time: Hard work, confidence, and ambitions. This person impacted me for the good, seeing how hard he has come through all this years and creating laws for
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He tried so hard to pass laws that he knew might be hard to be passed. One of the laws that he made was to help undocumented students have the opportunity to be here and be able to study. Passing this law wasn't easy. There was a lot of people against it and a lot of people for it. At the end the law was passed and it made a lot of students happy. They were happy because they fought so much for that right and at last the law was a relieve for them. You don’t see this type of opportunity too often. This law named “DACA” and “PACA” gave opportunity to millions of undocumented students. It will give them the chance to have rights and be able to stay stay here and study. “There are roughly 1.8 million immigrants in the United States who might or will become eligible for the Obama Administration's “deferred action” for unauthorized youth brought to this country as children”. Meaning any child that was brought here from other countries will be eligible for it. It offers a two year, renewable reprieve from deportation to unauthorized who are under the age of 31; entered the United States before age 16. Who had lived continuously in the country for at least five years and have not been convicted of a felony. Even though it might seem a good law there is still requirements that will decide whether they qualified or not. More than seven-tenths of potential beneficiaries are Mexican, but immigrants who might be eligible come from all corners of the globe. Other student from another part of the world that were brought the same as the other could also be eligibles for it. In other words 71% of potential beneficiaries are Mexican, while 14% are from other countries in North and Central America (including the Caribbean). “Each year about 65,000 undocumented students graduate from the U.S high schools and face uncertain futures due to their lack of legal status. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that by 2020, 700,000 children and young

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