Another thing Trump stripped from 'Dreamers': A loophole that helped 40,000 of them get green cards
Another thing Trump stripped from 'Dreamers': A loophole that helped 40,000 of them get green cards
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POMONA CALIF. -- WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 2017: Mirian Juan, 21, shown at Cal Poly Pomona, College of B
Miriam Juan, a student at Cal Poly Pomona, got to visit her family in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the first time in 17 years. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Kate Linthicum Kate LinthicumContact Reporter
Last month, California college student Miriam Juan stepped off a plane in Guadalajara, Mexico, and hugged her grandparents for the first time in 17 years. She had no words at first, just smiles and tears.
An immigrant brought to the U.S. from Mexico at age 4, Juan was able to make the trip thanks to a little known perk of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era initiative that shielded 800,000 “Dreamers” from deportation.
Under the program, young immigrants without legal status could apply for permission to take short trips out of the country for humanitarian, educational or employment purposes, and then return legally to the U.S.
No longer.
President Trump’s decision Tuesday to strip deportation protections for DACA recipients beginning in March also restricts their ability to travel. A Homeland Security memorandum issued Tuesday said the department would stop approving new applications for travel permits, known as advance parole. The agency said it would honor applications that had been approved.
More:
http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-daca-mexico-20170907-story.html
