GET INVOLVED: Open For Questions With President Obama (Live Webcast 11:25AM, Wed. 9/28)

What would you ask President Obama?

Would you ask him about the proposed Jobs Act and whether it will put Hispanic laborers and professionals back to work? Support for small businesses, the lifeblood of so many Latino communities across the country? His take on the state of the American Dream? Want to recognize Hispanic Heritage Month and quiz him on his knowledge of Latino culture?

Here’s your chance.

At 11:25AM EST, on Wednesday, September 28th, President Obama will address questions from Latinos across the country at 'Open For Questions With President Obama', a live webcast direct from the White House Map Room.

During this roundtable, AOL Latino and HuffPost LatinoVoices will present a selection of questions from our users to the president. But we need your help in creating the questions, which can be about anything of relevance to U.S. Hispanics: the economy, health care, education, immigration reform, jobs...

You can submit your question in any of the following ways:

• Leave a comment on this very page
• Send a tweet using #AskObama hashtag
• Send an email to [e-mail]

Please be sure to include your first name, city and state with your submission.

Here are some of the questions already received via Twitter, email and comments. Let us know what you think about them, and let them inspire you to submit your own question!

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This will be the first time the President conducts a live online event for Latinos. Don't miss out on the chance to make your voice heard!

And then be sure to tune in on September 28th to watch the live webcast and find out where President Obama stands on the issues which most matter to you and the Hispanic community.

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Si hablas español y quieres enviar tu pregunta a ser considerada para la mesa redonda con el Presidente Obama, por favor visite esta página en AOL Latino.

Disclaimer: AOL Latino and HuffPost LatinoVoices will ask the President questions from our users at a White House roundtable on September 28, 2011, which will be streamed live on both sites. In order for your question for the President to be considered, you must include your first name, city and state. By submitting your question, you agree that we may publish your first name, city and state; that we may post your question for public voting on our site; and that we may translate, edit, and combine your question with other submitted questions. Not all submitted questions will be selected for use at the roundtable, and public voting may not determine which questions are selected. AOL Latino and HuffPost LatinoVoices have sole discretion in selecting the user questions asked at the roundtable.

Comments

[DJleary]

10:33 PM on 10/08/2011

Do you appreciate that many Americans are disgusted by the fact that you have surrounded yourself with the likes of Geithner, Summers, Immelt, Daley- Alan Simpson to the "cat food commision"-
What part of the CHANGE you were elected to bring about do these appointments provide specifically?

[Yadyra Felix]

12:04 PM on 09/28/2011

Mr. President what is right Now the most important issue that is concerning America?

[Horacio Aceves]

12:04 PM on 09/28/2011

Horacio, Los Angeles, CA. Presidents Obama, pre-college programs like Upward Bound, a TRIO program under the Dept. of Education are a vital asset to Latinos and other low-income students across this country. You have asked for a $67M increase for TRIO in your FY 2012 budget. Congress has undermined your proposal, how will you ensure that TRIO students continue to be served and your FY 2012 request will be approved by Congress?

[Yadyra Felix]

11:59 AM on 09/28/2011

Mr. President Education is important to all races, how are you planning to make a difference in getting student to finish High School to go to Affordable College?

[Yadyra Felix]

11:51 AM on 09/28/2011

hi my name is yadira, Mr. President many people are losing faith on the immigration reform, what can you tell us to keep faith in believing you that a law will permit for persons to get their papers?

[Letteria Santos]

11:48 AM on 09/28/2011

Is anyone focusing on the VISA process/standards to be able to come to our country legally? OR adjust status at less cost. Because it is very difficult for Mexican's to obtain a VISA. Furthermore, once illegal immigrants are here and have established family with an American, the process to adjust status is a very long and expensive one.

[2crudedudes]

01:49 PM on 09/27/2011

so... can we have a serious debate about legalization now?

[Customex]

09:45 PM on 09/27/2011

...legalization of what?

[LisaCummins]

12:56 PM on 09/27/2011

President Obama,
Recently, the Administration has been reaching out to the Hispanic community with greater eagerness but it's hard not to see this as shallow efforts.

Town Halls are being conducted again, but other than "listenening" it doesn't seem the input obtained is having any significant impact on your Administration.

Your Administration was successful in getting out $150+ million for Teen Pregnancy Prevention, however, while Hispanics rank among those with the greatest need, LESS THAN FIVE of the more than 100 organizations funded had any history of intnentional efforts of serving Hispanic communities.

In the area of youth mentoring, more than $150 million was distributed through ARRA. Even though Hispanics comprise more than 50% of urban youth, your administration awarded a sginficiant amount of the discretionary funds to very large organizations who publically admit their efforts in Hispanic communities are lagging, while community-based, grass-roots organizations are tirelessly serving Hispanic youth with very little resources.

Yes, you've named some Hispanics as political appointees, but there are too few of them in senior positions fighting a system where they are very much in the minority and without the necessary support from the White House to affect real change.

These are just a few of the many, many examples of disregard for the Hispanic community that exist across the federal government. What can your adminsitration do to require agencies to define funding disparities and then develop measurable, outcome-oriented plan that they are to be held accountable to?

[Customex]

10:21 AM on 09/27/2011

Mr President,
Can you provide us with your perspective on China's position regarding the Dalai Lama's visit with President Calderon?
Gracias,
Poquito Piedra

[Customex]

08:59 PM on 09/26/2011

Mr President, How would your prioritize opportunity and benefits between undocumented Latino immigrants currently in the country and Latino immigrants who have been waiting in Mexico for approval for legal entry?
Gracias, Poquito Piedra

[2083]

04:02 PM on 09/26/2011

What do you plan to do about your AG shipping complimentary firearms to every drug cartel he can find?

[pfarber2002]

03:56 PM on 09/26/2011

Here's a question Mr Obama;

How bad do things have to get in this country before you will step down to avoid a total implosion of our economy, and loss of goverment function? What responsibility do YOU have if this economic apocalypse should begin?

[Logicalthinker10]

11:22 AM on 09/26/2011

Why can't black people have this type of forum with you regarding high unemployment in the black community, Mr. President?

[havanasilkdogs]

10:56 AM on 09/26/2011

With the exception of the questions about plans to resolve the seemingly endless vengeful foreclosures and removing barriers to hiring, these are the most USELESS bunch of questions to offer the President Of The United States in the current state of affairs. Fix the ability of the average legal citizen voter to REMAIN in or BUY a home and fix the ability of the average employer (not everyone can belong to, nor wants to belong to a money grubbing Union.) to hire and then you can ask these other waste of time questions.

[mose joseph workman]

09:29 PM on 09/25/2011

all illegals will be returned to their homeland upon detection: that would be true immigration reform