Did Barack Obama give Mexicans American papers?

Answer 1

He didn't. This is an internet myth. Mexicans who come here legally follow the same process for emigrating to a new country. Mexicans who are in the country illegally do not have papers, nor has the president given them any. But that said, Mr. Obama believes (as did President Bush before him) that we desperately need Immigration reform. While the Obama administration has deported record numbers of illegal immigrants, the president believes that the many who have been living here for a long time (especially those with young children who think of themselves as Americans) should have a pathway to obtain citizenship. This has been a very controversial subject and when President Bush tried to reform the immigration laws, congress refused to go along with it. It remains to be seen whether President Obama will be able to get congress to issue some reforms.

Answer 2

If you are asking whether he gave undocumented immigrants legal status, he did not; he simply said his administration would no longer deport children who had been brought here as little kids and had never known any other country than America. It should be noted that "Mexican-American" is a term that refers to Americans whose ancestry is Mexican. But President Obama did not give anyone "papers" and in fact, deportation of illegal (undocumented) immigrants has been greater under his administration than under President Bush's. But that said, if a person from Mexico becomes an American citizen, he or she is in fact considered an American, but may be called a Mexican-American.