Everything you need to know about DACA's Advance Parole status - Newsletter 5/29/19

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Overview of our National Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole.

Since 2012, DACA recipients have been able to apply for an Advance Parole travel authorization to travel abroad for humanitarian, employment, and/or educational purposes.

Obtaining this permit allowed DACA recipients to pursue employment opportunities that required foreign travel, to tend to loved ones suffering from serious illness, and to participate in educational programs abroad. However, since the Trump Administration's order to rescind the DACA program on Sept. 5, 2017, DHS halted the approval of advance parole for DACA recipients.

Even though court orders have ordered continuation of the DACA program since January 2018, the Trump Administration has not reinstated the ability for DACA recipients to apply for Advance Parole. As a result of this administrative practice, DACA recipients have been unable to be with their loved ones during critical moments, and/or to take advantage of educational and employment opportunities abroad.

The CMSC believes that continued denial of Advance Parole for DACA recipients is causing inhumane family separation.
For this very reason, we have taken it upon ourselves to lead the National Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole. We took a group of 20 Dreamers to advocate in Washington, D.C. at be beginning of this year. Because of our advocacy efforts in D.C., we were successful in securing congressional support and propelled congress reps. and senators to write a series of letters questioning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on the unjustified decision to suspend Advance Parole for DACA recipients.

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Now the CMSC plans to take a 2nd group of Dreamers to Washignton, D.C. from June 10-13, 2019. This time the CMSC will take a delegation of 40 Dreamers for a week-long schedule of advocacy and human testimonies, to be shared with members of Congress and at legislative hearings on the importance of Advance Parole for DACA recipients on June 10-13, 2019.
But we cannot do this alone!
We direly need your support to make this possible!

WAYS YOU CAN ENGAGE IN OUR CAMPAIGN TO RESTORE DACA'S ADVANCE PAROLE

  • Sign our campaign petition
  • Engage: Spread the word and share our call to reinstate Advance Parole for DACA recipients with your networks.
  • Participate: If you are in the D.C. area or have friends who do, we encourage you to spread the word about Advance Parole for DACA recipients.
  • Become a Sponsor of one participating dreamer at $500 each, by completing the following sponsorship form and emailing it to californiamexicocenter@gmail.com

DONATE HERE: to help us continue to expand the Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole, and continue to bring more Dreamers to advocate in Washington, D.C. Learn more about our campaign here.

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ADVANCE PAROLE CONGRESSIONAL LETTERS

Click on the following images below to view the series of congressional letters related to our efforts to restore DACA's Advance Parole.

  • Dec. 11, 2018: Reps. Alan Lowenthal and Nanette Barragán letter to DHS
  • Feb. 12, 2019: Sens. Kamala Harris and Diane Feinstein letter to DHS and USCIS
  • Feb. 19, 2019: Joint letter by a coalition of 66 congress reps. and senators
  • Apr. 19, 2019: USCIS Response letter to 66 senators and congress members regarding DACA's Advance Parole

Jin Park on the need to protect DACA / TPS recipients as well as the importance of DACA's Advance Parole

Jin Park, the first DACA recipient to become a Rhodes Scholar, testified before the House Committee on the Judiciary regarding Protecting Dreamers and TPS Recipients as well as needing a way for Dreamers to travel abroad (March 6, 2019)


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