MEDIA ADVISORY:
Congressman Lowenthal To Hold Panel With DACA Recipients on Critical Importance of Advance Parole
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 11, 2019) - Congressman Alan Lowenthal will host a Capitol Hill seminar on January 15, 2019 that will feature more than a half-dozen Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients talking on the critical importance of renewing advance parole for DACA recipients. These individuals have traveled to Washington to deliver a petition to Congressional Leaders urging them to push for the restoration of advance parole for DACA recipients.
Advance Parole is a determination from DHS that can be used by undocumented immigrants to temporarily travel outside the U.S. and return without penalty. Obtaining this status allowed Dreamers to pursue employment that required foreign travel, to visit family and loved ones suffering from illness, and to participate in educational programs abroad. However, the Trump Administration's order to rescind the DACA program in 2017 halted the approval of advance parole for Dreamers.
The seminar will be led by Armando Vazquez-Ramos, the President and CEO of the California-Mexico Studies Center, Inc. The visiting DACA recipients will share how this policy has torn apart their lives and families and why the restoration of the Advance Parole travel policy is important meanwhile congress reaches a permanent solution for DACA recipients.
WHO: Opening remarks from Congress member Alan Lowenthal and six DACA recipients from CA, AZ, NY and WY, and moderated by Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos.
WHAT: Seminar on the critical importance of Advance Parole for DACA recipients
WHERE: Cannon House Office Building, Room 122
WHEN: Tuesday, January 15, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
This CMSC's Campaign to Restore Advance Parole in Washington DC is made possible by the support and leadership of:
The California-Mexico Dreamers Network
The Arizona Dream Act Coalition
DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network
Along with almost 500 individuals who have endorsed and signed our campaign petition and who have donated to our campaign.
FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES CONTACT:
Keith Higginbotham, Communications Director
Congressman Alan Lowenthal, CA-47
125 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
Office: (202) 225-7924 | Fax: (202) 225-7926
Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos, President and CEO
The California-Mexico Studies Center, Inc.
1551 N. Studebaker Road, Long Beach CA 90815
Cell: 562-972-0986
