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Campaign to Restore DACA’s Advance Parole will return to DC in the Spring
In January of 2018, Mayra Garibo's father died in a sudden, freak accident in Mazatlán, Mexico. Luis Tinoco's last surviving grandparent died in December 2018 in Guanajuato, and Karina Ruiz lost her grandmother 3 months ago. Neither Mayra, Luis nor Karina were able to visit their family and find closure for their harrowing loss because the Department of Homeland Security is refusing to use its discretion and systematically deny all Advance Parole applications for DACA recipients.
During January 14-18, 2019, the California-Mexico Studies Center led an advocacy trip with 20 Dreamers to Wash. DC, to secureadditional signatures for a congressional letter started by Congress members Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44), urging Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen to restore the eligibility of DACA recipients to travel abroad with an Advance Parole authorization.
This is not a legislative issue and given the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the Trump administration’s appeal to eliminate DACA, the program will continue to exist until mid-2020. Therefore, the Department of Homeland Security should immediately begin granting Advance Parole to existing DACA recipients after almost 2 years that Dreamers have been denied the opportunity to travel for educational, employment and humanitarian reasons through DACA’s Advance Parole provision.
For the 2nd phase of the Campaign, our goal is to raise $25,000 to defray the travel cost for 50 Dreamers that will participate in the Spring delegation at $500 each. This will allow funding to cover transportation, housing and meals for a diverse group of Dreamers from various states that will join us in DC, to advocate for Advance Parole through a legislative hearing, another seminar and direct meetings with members of the Senate and House of Representatives.
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Dreamers advocate for the restoration of DACA's Advance Parole travel authorization in Washington DC
ADVANCE PAROLE VOICES:
Regardless of our legal status, we all have a civic responsibility to this great nation.
"Over the last few years, I've learned that in order to make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not just observers.
Democracy can only be built through open dialogues and conversations. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. No democracy can work without reasonable compromises. Therefore, let's engage in meaningful conversations, reconcile our differences and make democracy work! "
–– Deidi Sanchez
DACA Recipient from Fresno
LBUSD Ethnic Studies Report - Fall 2018
Legacy and Leadership: The Long Beach Ethnic Studies Program (2017)
Undergraduate Scholarships for Undocumented Students
Immigrant Rising’s List of Undergraduate Scholarships contains scholarships for undergraduate studies that don’t require proof of citizenship or legal permanent residency. This up-to-date list, organized by deadline date, contains scholarships at the local (Bay Area), state and national level.
