RE: Email from Joe Biden: A reason to smile

Just got an email from Vice President Joe Biden, one of the many change.org emails thousands of people get at least once a week...I mostly don't read these...but the subject line on this one caught my attention "A Reason to Smile" the body of the email went on to promote/support Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court "This week, when the President first told me he'd chosen Elena Kagan to serve on the Supreme Court, I couldn't help but smile...."However unlike the many other times in which I had simply deleted the email- I decided to reply:

Dear Vice President Biden, I sincerely wish I had a reason to smile. However, the lack of an initiative from the White House, and specifically President Obama and yourself to simply meet the four students who had walked all the way from Miami to D.C. to stand up for their dreams makes me very sad. I cannot fathom, why these four brave youths were refused a meeting with the President after completing such a long and hard journey, if anything, they deserved at least that. I plead for them and the 65,000 others who will graduate this Spring from high schools all over our nation and for the thousands of others who in previous years have responded to our investment in their education with the highest grades and honors and with the most exemplary conduct we could ask of any resident of our great country. I plead for these kids, who having endured seemingly impossible hardships and obstacles continue to surprise us with their successes and dreams everyday.
I hope that you and the President find it in your hearts to hear out these youths, and issue an executive order to halt the deportation of so many of these exemplary students, letting many of them complete their education and fully contribute to the country they love. And to, as offered during the campaign, really push for the passage of the DREAM act, since these kids need it now more than ever.

I have never been in their place, but I have studied alongside many of them. I thank you for taking the time to read this, and hope that you can realize how truly life changing this executive order could be to so many kids and young people.