Second-grader asks Michelle Obama if the President will deport her mother. [View All]

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Today, while President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon spoke about the need for immigration reform at a press conference in the Rose Garden, First Lady Michelle Obama and Mexico’s First Lady Margarita Zavala visited the New Hampshire Estates Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD to speak with second graders. During Mrs. Obama’s visit, one of the students brought up the immigration issue. ABC News’ Karen Travers reports:

The student shyly raised her hand and said, “My mom … she says that Barack Obama is taking everybody away that doesn’t have papers.”

Mrs. Obama replied: “Yeah, well that’s something that we have to work on, right? To make sure that people can be here with the right kind of papers, right? That’s exactly right.”

The girl then said quietly, “But my mom doesn’t have any …” and trailed off.

Mrs. Obama replied: “Well, we have to work on that. We have to fix that, and everybody’s got to work together in Congress to make sure that happens. That’s right.”

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/19/michelle-obama-immigration/