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"El Magonista"
Vol. 5 No. 19
June 19, 2017

Dreamers to Stay in U.S. for

Now, but Long-Term Fate Is
Unclear

Featured News:

Trump will continue DACA for now,

though Dreamers still wonder about its
future
 By Katherine Mangan, The Chronicle of Higher Education
~ June 16, 2017

The Trump administration's decision this week not to immediately end a

program that lets young undocumented immigrants remain in the United
States on two-year renewable terms was cautiously welcomed by so-
called Dreamers who still worry about their long-term status.

The Department of Homeland Security released the decision on

Thursday, the fifth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals program.

DACA recipients "will continue to be eligible" to renew their status every

two years, and "no work permits will be terminated prior to their current
expiration dates," according to a fact sheet posted on the department's
website.

The program's long-term outlook, though, is unclear, with some news

reports suggesting the administration continues to give mixed signals
about its fate.

About 800,000 people have benefited from DACA, which allows certain
young people who were brought to the United States illegally as
children to get driver's licenses, Social Security cards, and more-
affordable access to college.

Jose Rivas, a 27-year-old graduate student in counseling at the

University of Wyoming who has DACA protections, said the
announcement was a "huge relief" because he plans to leave on a
monthlong educational trip to Mexico in late July with the California-
Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program.

Dreamers can study abroad and return lawfully if they receive "Advance
Parole" from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS). But if DACA is ended, the status that allows them back into
the United States might expire as well, immigration experts have
warned.

"I was worried that President Trump was going to drop DACA
while I was in Mexico and that I might not be able to return," Mr.
Rivas said.

While he's relieved about DACA, he wishes his parents, both

undocumented immigrants, could have that peace of mind too.

But Thursday's decision said that another Obama-era program, the

Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, will be formally ended. That
program, known as DAPA, would have allowed immigrant parents of
U.S. citizens, as well as permanent-resident children, to remain in the
United States for the time being. But it was blocked in the courts before
it was carried out.

'Some Grounds for Relief'

The decision to continue DACA, at least for now, will alleviate much of
the uncertainty afflicting Dreamers about their status, said Michael A.
Olivas, a professor at the University of Houston and national expert on
immigration law and higher-education law.

But he said it was still a stopgap measure that offered them no path to
legal permanent residence. That, Mr. Olivas said, will require
comprehensive immigration reform.

"DACA has always been a modest though generous holding ground for
these students, who are still at risk and who still have no pathway to
become legal permanent residents."

"DACA has always been a modest though generous holding ground for
these students, who are still at risk and who still have no pathway to
become legal permanent residents," he said.

By continuing DACA and dropping DAPA, "we will have intrafamily gaps
that are even more pronounced," as more young people are protected
and their parents and siblings more at risk of deportation, Mr. Olivas
said.

"The bottom line for me is that it does preserve DACA, and I hope
students will continue applying or reapplying," and not just protesting in
the streets, which, he said, makes them and their families more
vulnerable to deportation.

Read Full Article

Featured Video:

5 Aniversario de DACA ~ Cierre de

Edicin
El Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos habla sobre los 5 aos de DACA en
el Noticiero Cierre de Edicin de Estrella TV.
Reminder:

Winter 2017 California-Mexico Dreamers

Study Abroad Program
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 30TH
GREAT NEWS! Due to popular demand and to give more Dreamers
the opportunity to apply, as of June 13, 2017, the California-Mexico
Studies Center (CMSC) has extended the deadline for DACA recipients
to apply for our Winter 2017 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad
Program to study in the Mexico City-Cuernavaca area from December
22, 2017 to January 14, 2018.

New application deadline for new applicants: You must submit your
online application, Personal Statement of Purpose essay and 2 letters
of recommendation by June 30, 2017. We will not accept applications
and/or supporting documentation after June 30th.

Important note: This application deadline extension is for new

applicants-only. All other applicants that submitted their online
application before the original June 9th deadline, still need to submit
their Personal Statement of Purpose (PSP) essay and their 2 letters of
recommendation by June 16, 2017 as it was previously required.
For more information visit the application page here or click on the
button below:

Latest News:
The Hill: The U.S. can't ignore the
journalists murdered in Mexico
Journalists, liked or not, are tasked with seeking and
defending the truth to hold government officials
accountable. In neighboring Mexico, this responsibility
has come at a brutally high cost... Read More
>

Los Angeles Times: Demand for UC

immigrant student legal services soars as
Trump policies sow uncertainty
The news thrilled Maria Blanco, an attorney who
heads the University of California Immigrant Legal
Services Center - the nation's first and only university
system to provide free legal aid to students without legal status and their
families... Read More

Jamaica Observer: Congresswoman wants

permanent status for Caribbean Dreamers
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has called on the
US Congress to pass legislation that would grant
permanent status for Caribbean and others involved
in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
program, also known as the "Dream Program"... Read
More
 New York Times: 'Dreamers' to Stay in U.S.
for Now, but Long-Term Fate Is Unclear
President Trump will not immediately eliminate
protections for the so-called Dreamers,
undocumented immigrants who came to the United
States as small children, according to new
memorandums issued by the administration Thursday
night... Read More

Washington Post: ICE nabs teenager hours

before his senior prom, days before his
graduation ceremony
On the day of his senior prom, Diego Ismael Puma
Macancela was cowering in a bedroom closet, hiding
from immigration officers as they pounded on doors
outside. Puma Macancela, a 19-year-old high school student in Ossining,
N.Y., expected the authorities would be looking for him. A day before, ICE had
arrested and detained his mother... Read More

La Opinin: La Universidad Autnoma de la

CDMX sortear plazas para deportados
Por primera vez deportados, expatriados y
refugiados pueden participar en la tmbola que cada
ao hace la Universidad de la Ciudad de Mxico. El
mtodo no es nuevo. Cada semestre la Universidad
Autnoma de la Ciudad de Mxico (UACDMX) sortea
4,000 plazas como un mtodo de equidad de
admisin, sin embargo, este semestre la convocatoria que se har pblica el
prximo 18 de junio tiene una novedad... Leer Ms

La Jornada: En una dcada las remesas

crecieron 51% a escala global, revela
estudio
Mxico recibi en 2016 ms de 28 mil 500 millones
de dlares de remesas. A escala global esos flujos
alcanzaron los 445 mil millones de dlares, lo que
signific un incremento de 51 por ciento en
comparacin con 2007, seal hoy el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrcola
(FIDA). Titulado Enviando dinero a casa, el reporte publicado este mircoles
resalt que las remesas a toda Amrica Latina llegaron el ao pasado a los 73 mil
millones de dlares, 18 por ciento superior al monto registrado en 2007... Leer
Ms
 La Opinin: Periodistas mexicanos buscan
cmo frenar los asesinatos en su contra
La poblacin de Nuevo Len an no lo sabe, pero en
la ltima semana se encuentra en silencio uno de sus
principales aliados contra la corrupcin y la
inseguridad en el norte del pas: Vctor Badillo,
reportero del diario local Publimetro que se edita en la
ciudad de Monterrey y la zona conurbada. Badillo
cuenta que fue encerrado por seis horas en un pequeo cuarto batido
completamente de excremento en las instalaciones de la polica
municipal de Escobedo por rdenes del titular de la dependencia... Leer Ms

El Financiero: Trump rompe promesa:

mantendr programa de apoyo para
'dreamers'
La administracin del presidente Donald
Trump decidi mantener "en efecto" el programa
DACA, que beneficia a casi 800 mil jvenes
indocumentados, la mayora mexicanos, a pesar de
que haba prometido deportarlos durante su campaa presidencial... Leer Ms

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