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What's your motivation, drive to serve people at the level that you serve? Sure, many politician have served big, but you shine during these times when many stall. What is the drive behind it? Your inner motivation? (And I don't just mean political).

As an undocumented immigrant, having come to this country, from Israel, at the age of 4, and now at 28, I still don't have papers. Of course, I am at the mercy of our country and it is my hope, obviously, that the Dream Act and immigration reform take place.

People ask me "why don't you just go back?" and it is a tough one as I am extremely limited here. But where am I to go back to? To a land that I don't know? I was raised here. I was valedictorian here. I was student body President here. I devoted 9 years of my life to non profit to help kids w/cancer and other illnesses here.

And yet, I am limited. Outside of your political and humanitarian view on this issue, what advice do you have for me on an emotional level, as someone who also wants to GO BIG in my lifetime?

Mr. Mayor,

I honor you for all that you do and stand up for. In the last AMA I asked you about your internal drive to do all this and you answered, that you want to be involved in the conspiracy of love. Since that day I took the remark to heart and have followed your lead.

When Sandy came along, I Twitter search those in my neighborhood who needed help and made sure they got it. Where did I learned all this? From you Mr. Mayor.

And there is more. I am an undocumented immigrant. I came to this country from Israel at the age of 4. There is so much I would love to do but I am limited by a situation brought upon me.

What advice do you have for this 29 yrs old who spent the past 15 years doing volunteer work, graduated a valedictorian in high school, am an Orthodox Jew, and wishes he can intern/work for you if you decide to run as a Senator? This question is not super specific in regards to working with you - but was referring in general. What advice do you have for me and all undocumented people? Specifically, those who were brought here as kids.

And, finally, when are you coming for Shabbat?

BEAUTIFUL Mr. Mayor.

Those words, like others have mentioned, are the words you use at the commencement speech you gave. It reminds me that we have to, actually should WANT to give it forward.

Someone took care of us, somehow someway, and it is our moral obligation to so for others.

My parents, G-d bless them, were just making it financially. Actually, barely. Yet when dad was able to make enough, he started a soup kitchen for others so that no one should go through what we went through.

We are to use our past experiences in order to uplift the future, and that is what you, and many others, are doing today. BRAVO!

You are right, it is not a permanent solution and truth is, it might even be a risky one on multiple levels.

So first off, yes in about 30 days the application for the Deferred Action Plan will open up and many will flock for the chance to get a work permit (which will allow you many things that till now we've been limited on).

The risk come two fold. One, if they deny you for whatever reason as this is based on discretion only, you do risk getting deported now as they now "got" you. And even if you do get passed through, say Romney gets elected, there is no saying if he will appeal it and now with the information of 100's of thousands of undocumented youth, he can deport them as well.

We got work to do.