The son of illegal immigrants, American wrestler hoists his flag


	The son of illegal immigrants, American wrestler hoists his flag

rmowery

8-20-2008 10:16 AM

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henry cejudo, us olympics, wrestling, gold medal

rmowery says:

Talk about tenacity and perseverance. Definite congrats to Mr. Henry Cejudo .

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8-20-2008 11:57 AM

ChaosSyren

conrats to everyone else! being illegal immigrants they were on food stamps and the like.... they never made the effort to go get legalized. she used her kids as a means to stay here and have the Legal citizens support her child bearing habbit.
Olympic dreams take money... they didn't have it who paid for it. Three guesses.

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