Arizona undocumented youth in jeopardy if Trump ends DACA
In less than a week, undocumented youth in Arizona who are under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program may be in trouble.
A woman holds up a signs in support of the Obama administration program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, during an immigration reform rally, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
PHOENIX — In less than a week, undocumented youth in Arizona who are under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program may be in trouble.
Attorney generals from 10 states are threatening to sue if the Trump Administration does not end DACA, a program that allows undocumented youth to stay and work in the United States, by Sept. 5.
Arizona is not among the 10 states threatening to sue, but Rep. Ruben Gallego said he and other Democrats have a plan ready to go if Trump ends the program.
“If it comes to that point, we’re going to try to force a vote on the floor to pass the DREAM Act,” Gallego said.
The DREAM Act would pave a path to citizenship to undocumented youth immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced the legislation last month.
Gallego said they would use a rare procedure called a discharge petition to override House Speaker Paul Ryan and bring the DREAM Act to the House floor for a vote. He said they would need at least 24 Republicans to sign the discharge petition to force the vote.
“If the president ends up protecting DACA, then we don’t have to do it,” he said. “If he does, then we go with that plan.”
Nearly 28,000 undocumented youth immigrants have been approved for the DACA program in Arizona.
As a presidential candidate, Trump promised to immediately end the DACA program. White House officials said he’s seriously considering ending the program.
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Notice how Reuben "little man" Gallego is always on the side of the law breakers?
Good go home and dream in that country !!! We need to put an end to the law that says if you can get born in this country you are automatically a citizen ! Either one or both parents should be a citizen before a baby can qualify as a citizen !!!
If you are in the DACA program, as soon as you turn 18, you best be submitting your paperwork for citizenship. The DACA program was never advertised as a permanent solution. If you fail to do your due diligence in seeking and working for permanent citizenship, you are keeping yourself in a perpetual state of uncertainty. Why would you not put priority on this? Don't let your future be controlled by the government. Get off your butt and find a way to make it right. There's no excuse for not doing it once you find out your parents did this to you. Don't let their decision negatively dictate your future.
Apply for "advance parole". It takes 3-6 months for that approval. When you receive your approval back, take a short trip back to your country and come back in through a CBP gate. When you come back in, you have now legally entered the United States. Apply for change of status then apply for your green card. You must be related to a U.S. citizen and have no criminal record. If you have zero U.S. citizen relatives, well, you're hosed. Marry a citizen. It's not a great pathway to citizenship but it's what's available right now. Until democraps and republitards come together to fix immigration laws and enforce them fully and correctly, we will continue to see the goatrope it is. It hasn't been fixed in decades, so I don't see it happening anytime soon.