by Carla Lopez | Feb 19, 2013 | Uncategorized | Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Immigrants, Asylum & Immigration, Carla Lopez, DACA, DREAMers
By the time all of my peers were enrolling in driver education classes and mastering the rules of the road, I had already mastered the rules of how to go unnoticed. No jaywalking. No riding my bicycle without a helmet. And absolutely no mentioning my status as an undocumented immigrant to anyone. I was to do nothing that would set me apart from the rest. I was 2 years old when my parents, wanting nothing more than to improve their lives—and mine, brought me to America from Mexico. We soon...
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by NCLR Policy | Jun 15, 2012 | Uncategorized | DREAM Act, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Immigration Reform, DACA, DREAMers, Immigration
Today, in a courageous and much needed policy shift, the Obama administration announced that it will stop all deportations of undocumented young people who were brought to the United States as children and have remained in the country for at least five continuous years, are under the age of 30, have either obtained a high school diploma or GED, or have served in our country’s military, and have no prior criminal history. This is the right thing to do, and will bring an end to the unfair,...
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