UPDATED: Texas DACA Recipient Dies Rescuing Flood Victims

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6. The phrasing in the Rawstory article is WRONG

"Alonso Guillen, a 31-year-old disc jockey, who was born in Piedras Negras, Mexico, moved to the United States, under the shelter of DACA." (Emphasis added by me.)

The Houston Chronicle article does not say how old Guillen was when he moved to the USA but it is clear it was well before DACA was begun:

Guillen, who was born in Piedras Negras, Mexico, and moved to Lufkin as a teenager, headed south with his friends toward Houston after Hurricane Harvey, towing a borrowed boat. They were near Interstate 45 and Beltway 8 and trying to reach an apartment complex when they hit the bridge, relatives said.

Alonso Guillen was a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which temporarily lifted the threat of deportation for immigrants brought to the U.S. before they were 16, family members said.

His father is a lawful permanent, but his mother is still in the application process for legal status.
Reached at her home in Piedras Negras, Mexico, across the border from Eagle Pass, Rita Ruiz de Guillen, 62, said she is heartbroken.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/Missing-volunteer-pulled-from-Cypress-Creek-12170986.php

What a cruel country the US has become to prevent the mother to attend the funeral of a young man who was not allowed to become a legal resident but who gave his life to try to save others.