DREAM youths can now apply for protections
President Obama announced in June that he would stop deportation of some undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children. This week that promise goes into practice, as the administration begins accepting applications.
The protections mirror that of the DREAM Act, which would have stopped the deportation of promising undocumented students who have kept clean records and were brought into the United States when they were very young. When the DREAM Act failed, President Obama declared that he would use his authority to enforce immigration policy to accomplish much of what the law would have done.
There are 1.7 million undocumented youths who could benefit, according to the Washington Post. Child advocacy groups are thrilled; we’ve been fighting for this kind policy since the DREAM Act was first announced. Undocumented children are often more likely to fall in the cracks, and immigration enforcement can often tear families apart at a vulnerable time in a child’s life.
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Damien,Thank you for your support of the uunncdmeoted Irish in the New York and the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform. I am uunncdmeoted and living in the Bronx. I was listening to the Shaun Doherty show here in the states over the internet one day and heard some negative calls about Irish elected officials coming to the U.S. for St. Patrick’s Day. When I emailed to support the officials, Shaun invited me on the show the next day (3/14). I was disappointed by some of the negative calls criticizing Irish elected officials supporting our cause. Perhaps those callers are not aware that you represent people like my mother who worries every day about her two daughters who she has not seen them in her home for near seven years. Support from our elected representatives at home (especially Donegal) is very welcome and essential. Please continue your support, especially while the U.S Senate debates immigration reform.We seek an opportunity to legalize our status and be free to travel home to visit our families and loved ones. Thank you, Damien. Good luck.
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