I think at the Obama website should've contained one page dedicated to explaning the Federal laws concerning the legaility of permanent resident's making donations to the Obama campaign.
The reason being that there is a lot of conflicting information out there, some articles don't even bother to point this out just making the blanket statement that "foreigners" aren't allowed to donate. I'm not entirely clear on this myself but from what I gather if you are a permanent resident you can donate to the Democrats, but not the Republicans (because they refuse it).
Here's a story explaning it somewhat;
http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/10/news/mn-6813
It would also help dispell rumors that Obama has gotten contribution from foreign nationals, I'm sure most non-citizen donations are from people who have been living here for a long time but just happened to be born in another country and haven't gotten around to getting their citizenship (which is harder than most Americans can imagine).
For the record I donated and I am a permanent resident who came to this country when I was six. I love this country and I know more about US history and US government than 99% of the saps who were lucky enough to be born in this country.
One last fun fact: Male permanent resident's are required to register in case of a draft, just like male citizens. It's funny how they don't want "foreigners" like me to vote but I still have to fight and possibly die for this country if the need should arise.
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