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- W775694539 abstract "Appreciating Undocumented Americans by George Lakoff & Elisabeth Wehling Last week on Independence Day, President Obama greeted new US citizens at the White House, taking the opportunity to speak once more about the need for comprehensive immigration reform, We have to remain a nation of immigrants. And that's why (...) we're lifting the shadow of deportation from deserving young people who were brought to this country as children. It's why we still need a DREAM Act to keep talented young people who want to contribute to our society and serve our country. Immigration is an important issue for Obama, and it will be discussed throughout this election campaign. The question is how it will be discussed. Just about two weeks ago, on June 22, Obama gave his speech on immigration at the 2012 NALEO conference in Florida. In some parts, Obama clearly and beautifully stated his moral understanding of the issue: undocumented immigrants are in many ways already citizens - they contribute to the American society and economy through hard work, they love the country they live in, they are patriots, they share their lives with other Americans every day, they take on individual and social responsibility. The president offered more than just freedom; he offered appreciation. Words are not just words. They are acts, meaningful acts, and acts with a moral dimension. The young people freed by President Obama have earned appreciation. They are more than Americans without documents. They are fine Americans already and, through the lives they have been living as Americans, have earned the documentation that other Americans have gotten just by being born, without earning them. It is a moral narrative that tells a truth and needs to be repeated. It is also a narrative of success -- the President's success in accomplishing the right thing, despite Republican opposition, opposition that is to large part based on prejudice. Nonetheless, the speech could have been improved, and as it is repeated across the country, it needs to be made better in important places. The president, in the same speech and in other places, uses language that hides and even contradicts his moral view: the Criminal Frame and the Citizenship Is A Destination metaphor." @default.
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- W775694539 title "Appreciating Undocumented Americans - eScholarship" @default.
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