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The CMSC team is astonished by the number of DACA recipients who shared an urgent need to apply for our Advance Parole Assistance Program. In under a month, from July 3-31st, we received 173 applications from Dreamers who live in 23 different states!
This is more than three times the number of applicants we had originally anticipated. We received 146 applications that reflected a need to travel abroad for humanitarian reasons, 19 applications for educational purposes, and 8 for employment opportunities.
As it has been the case with our former California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad programs, the majority of applicants identified as female (104)compared to male (69). In addition, it’s important to mention that the majority of applicants live in California (43), Texas (33), and Arizona (10).
Even though court orders have ruled continuation of the DACA program since January 2018, DHS has denied the ability for DACA recipients to apply for Advance Parole since before September 5, 2017.
As a way to challenge the administration’s discriminatory practice, the CMSC launched the Advance Parole Assistance Program to pressure DHS to follow the court orders that allows them to grant Advance Parole for "deserving cases" per the San Francisco Federal Court’s ruling.
The CMSC is already processing and assisting all Dreamers with urgent and well-documented deserving reasons for their applications. The next step will be to bring at least 50 of those Dreamers to Washington, D.C. during November 9 to 15, 2019 to advocate for the full restoration of DACA’s Advance Parole, and promote that the U.S. Supreme Court consider including Advance Parole during DACA's hearing on November 12, 2019.
Thus, our fundraising goal for this phase of our National Campaign to Restore DACA’s Advance Parole is $50,000 to partially cover some of the AP application fees, our staff assistance, and the DC travel expense, at an average total cost of $1,000 per DACA recipient for 50+ Dreamers to secure expedited approval of their applications.
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CMSC helps 4 Dreamers return to the U.S. after crossing into Mexico by mistake
By: Martín Plascencia ~ Telemundo 52 ~ 30 July 2019
A small mistake could have permanently changed the lives of a group of young immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, whom accidentally crossed the San Diego-Tijuana border on Sunday, July 21st, 2019.
Four DACA recipients from Santa Ana, CA intended to greet their grandmother through the border fence in the San Diego-Tijuana Friendship Park, but they accidentally missed the last U.S. exit and crossed to Mexico.
“I was surprised by a text that said “welcome to Mexico”, said Gerardo Hernández, who accidentally drove to Mexico.
“I was the one driving and it was my first time driving in that area of California, and without knowing it, I missed the last U.S. exit,” added Hernández.
None of the Dreamers had "Advance Parole", a special travel permit previously given to DACA recipients to be readmitted to the United States.
The young immigrants told Telemundo 52 that they felt lost and humiliated by border agents from the Mexican side.
"My sister and my cousin began to say that they could not leave the country, so [the border agent] said 'well, that doesn't matter to me, it's not my problem," said Fernando Nava.
According to Nava, the agent also added that the mistake was going to cost them dearly and he started laughing at them.
The four DACA recipients were able to return to the United States thanks to the support and efforts made by Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos and the California Mexico Studies Center (CMSC).
According to these Dreamers, without the support of the center, lawyers, activists and local legislators, their life would have changed tremendously.
"If it had not been for this incident, I would have never known that the Advance Parole provision even existed," Nava said.
“Advance Parole was a permit that allowed DACA recipients to travel abroad for educational, humanitarian or employment reasons,” said Lidieth Arevalo, representative of the California-Mexico Studies Center. “But it was suspended on September 5, 2017 when the Trump Administration initially rescinded the DACA program,” added Arevalo.
The California Mexico Studies Center is conducting a national campaign for President Trump's administration to restore the "Advance Parole" program. To learn more about the campaign efforts visit: www.advanceparole.org
Source: Telemundo 52 (Originally published in Spanish)
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