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We are pleased to confirm that 20 Dreamers from different states will converge today in Washington, DC to start our Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole, intended to inform and educate legislators about the importance of this travel permit for humanitarian, educational, and employment purposes and why this is so important for Dreamers and their families.
The 3-day mobilization will begin with a seminar and press conference on the importance of Advance Parole at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 9:30 am (HOB 122), to be followed by several meetings with legislators and their immigration staffers through Thursday January 17, 2019.
The tour will also outreach to the DC community by hosting two film screenings and Dreamers-led panel discussions related to Advance Parole (please see the flyers below for more information on the screenings of Rocio by Dario Guerrero and Advance Parole by Lidieth Arevalo).
The primary purpose of the campaign is to secure more signatures by new and returning members of congress who have not signed the Alan Lowenthal and Nannette Barragán advocacy letter and to secure a similar senate letter to be led by California senators Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein, with leadership support from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Joaquin Castro, as the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
We need legislators to hold DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen accountable and responsible for the systematic denial of DACA's Advance Parole for Dreamers, despite the federal court's order to reopen DACA. This is not a legislative issue, it is a discriminatory and inhumane administrative discretion.
Advance Parole must be restored now ! ! !
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
- San Diego Border Dreamers
- Unidos US
- The Arizona Dream Act Coalition
- DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network
- Luther Place Memorial Church
- All Souls Unitarian Church
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
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ADVANCE PAROLE FILM SCREENINGS:
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 - 7 pm
This event will feature stories and testimonies from Dreamers from across the country on the importance of Advance Parole for DACA recipients. It is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. We invite anyone, including legislators to join us on this event.
WHERE: LUTHER PLACE MEMORIAL CHURCH
1226 Vermont Ave NW., Washington, DC 20005
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 at 7 PM EST
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 - 7 pm
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How a Cal State Long Beach professor and a handful of students are heading to Washington D.C., to fight for DACA's travel policy
Citlalli Ortiz, Mayra Garibo, Lidieth Arevalo and CSULB professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos pose next to the historical landscape mural at the California-Mexico Studies Center in Long Beach on Wednesday, December 26, 2018. Several of Vazquez-Ramos students will be going to Washington DC next month to advocate for advance parole, which allows DACA students to apply for permission to travel outside of the U.S. and to return, without any effect to their DACA status, which was restricted by the Trump administration in fall 2017. (Photo by Ana P. Garcia, Contributing Photographer)
By: EMILY RASMUSSEN, Long Beach Press-Telegram - Jan. 4, 2018
Since 2012, people under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - the program created under the Obama administration to give a pass from deportation for youth who came to the country as children - could apply to travel abroad for humanitarian, labor or educational purposes.
But amid uncertainties for DACA in fall 2017, when the Trump administration ordered to phase out the program, it halted the approval of the travel applications, including the applications for Garibo and her peers for their study abroad program.
So this month, one year after the trip Mexico would have been, some of them are going to Washington D.C., to fight to bring the permits back. They'll arrive Jan. 15 and stay for a few days to meet with members of Congress and try to persuade Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen.
The study abroad program was created in 2015 by Cal State Long Beach professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos, who will be leading the students to Washington D.C. Normally, students submit advance parole applications months in advance and they are usually cleared without issue, Vazquez-Ramos said.
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Dreamers buscan la restitución de algunos beneficios mínimos (Excelsior OC)
Algunos jóvenes han sufrido la muerte de seres queridos a quienes nunca más pudieron ver, abrazarlos ni despedirse de ellos para siempre. Otros no pueden hacer viajes que podrían requerir su trabajos. Es por eso que una nueva campaña nacional de Dreamers busca reactivación de permiso de viaje a sus países de origen. La campaña de los Dreamers -del 14 al 17 de enero- cuenta con el respaldo del Centro de Estudios California- México, que... Leer Más
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Please help us continue our work towards restoring Advance Parole for DACA recipients!
WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT:
- SIGN OUR PETITION
- PARTICIPATE: If you are in the DC-area, we need you to show up at our seminar, film screenings, and mobilization days from Jan. 15 and 17, 2019 (please check out our campaign agenda).
- DONATE: Help us to continue expanding the Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole for Dreamers. You can donate here or click on the donate button below.
- SPONSOR: Sponsor or helps us secure sponsors to defray the travel and operational costs of the campaign and our mobilization in Washington, D.C.
MAKE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY!
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