Decatur, Ala. | Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Pathfinding way to citizenship
Decatur pastor says Hispanics hope president will remember their votes
By Ronnie Thomas
The Decatur Daily

Neal Aguiar, pastor of House of Prayer in Decatur and Cullman, said people in his churches “are waiting and wondering” what’s going to happen with their lives. “We Hispanic people here in … More »
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“We Hispanic people here in this country voted for President (Barack) Obama,” he said. “We hope he will remember that and help us.” . . . . so you voted for him for what you could get out of it, not because of Obama's qualifications . . or lack thereof. Nice going.

To add: “But we’ve got to take care of the people that are here, who are good law-abiding people,” Uhh No you are not. Sneaking across the border and squatting in our country is not law abiding. There is a reason they are called "ILLEGAL ALIENS" and why they should and are being deported. Because they are breaking the law. Breaking the law is not being law abiding.

If, as mentioned in the article, you are here illegally how were you able to vote?

Perhaps INS needs to be at church this Sunday

"Everybody who is legal is paying taxes, and they have good jobs in the community.” Illegals are also required to pay taxes, and should do so, if they are truly "law-abiding." The fact is they are not.

America never would have become great if we had let a bunch of immigrants in this country!

....oh wait..

Thank you Robert...

And Tony, the vast majority of Americans vote for their personal interest, not qualifications.

same as all the entitlement what he can hand out to them and suck our country dry with his bull - - - -

Aguiar said about 120 people attend his Decatur church and only about four families among two dozen have legal immigration status. In Cullman, he said “one or two families” of 100 church members are in legal status. Makes me think the police need to raid the churches on Sunday morning.

I'm not the vast majority. I actually use my brain and weight the options on the better qualified candidate.

I hope Richard Shelby, Jeff Sessions, Mo Brooks, Robert Aderholt, Arthur Orr, and Mickey Hammond remember OUR votes as well.

Thomas E I promise to remember the Republican vote of NO. I will remember every bit of hate and racism.... I will remember when Redstone, Boeing, Teachers, Police, Fire, and other government supported jobs go away. Oh, I will remember when our hardworking state and local employees don't get a raise....

Bubba says go Republicans...

You can count on Bubba to play the race card and to spend other people's money.

Hear we go blaming someone else. If they,mexicans, came here legally, their would be no problem. Sorry the illegals brought this on their selves. I must say our government sure made it easy for them.

One more thing Bubba

72% of us in Morgan County will remember you on April 15th.

I don't mind the illegals being here . What I don't like it they get so much free stuff when our seniors are trying to make a comfortable living after working all these years to ake this country great. And when our govt. gave out free stuff , you have to beleive word of mouth gets around in Mexico and they come here like a three headed cat in a fish market.

Certain politicians have done such a great job of misleading. Sure, illegals go to hospitals and doctors, BUT they receive a bill like everyone else. That's not to say they always pay it, but neither do thousands of native born Americans. When folks don't pay their bills, regardless of their immigration status, everyone else pays for them. Skyrocketing medical costs didn't begin with an increase in the illegal alien population. Illegals are NOT eligible for Food Assistance, Subsidized Housing, State Financial Assistance, or Legal Services. Please check for yourself to confirm. They may be taking jobs that would otherwise go to American Citizens, but the idea that they get all of this "free stuff" is smoke and mirrors. By this logic, anyone who defaults on hospital bills, mortgages, etc. would be described as "getting free stuff". While so many people are wrapped up in this manufactured hysteria over illegal aliens, certain politicans are quitely doing things that would make your head spin. But, they've given a wonderful distraction - a band wagon that even those with very minimal education can jump aboard.

hell yea! AMERICA!

S, you are just flat-out wrong about illegals not being eligible for assistance. All they need is a gateway to qualifying such as a baby born here or one of them marries a U.S. citizen and they can and do get housing, food stamps, free lunch and Head Start daycare.

S, you should try working in a bank around tax season and see the size of some of their refund checks. Seems you don't have to be "legal" to get an income tax refund and you most certainly can get earned income credit especially if you claim about 13 children (and it doesn't seem to matter if 2/3 of them live in another country...just provide a fake SS number for them)

How were they allowed to vote for Obama if they were illegal..???

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