{"id":10629,"date":"2017-03-31T20:50:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T00:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=10629"},"modified":"2021-02-26T13:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:58:35","slug":"daca-students-remain-hopeful-amid-immigration-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/daca-students-remain-hopeful-amid-immigration-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"DACA Students Remain Hopeful Amid Immigration Uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven years ago, four Miami Dade College students\u2014three of whom were undocumented\u2014led a 1,500-mile walk from Miami\u2019s Freedom Tower to the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. to send out a message. <\/span><\/p>\n

During the four-month venture known as the \u201cTrail of Dreams,\u201d the DREAMers faced the risk of deportation, fought a \u201craw and real\u201d anti-immigrant feeling, and took with them the stories of immigrants they met along the way to call attention to the need for immigration reform and to let everyone know they were here to stay. <\/span><\/p>\n

And it was worth it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The movement influenced the establishing of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program by an Obama administration executive order in 2012. <\/span><\/p>\n

Today, more than 750,000 young immigrants hold a renewable DACA status that temporarily grants them a work permit and driver\u2019s license in the U.S. without being subject to deportation. But with the current administration, it is uncertain whether DACA is going to be discontinued, remain as it is now, or be replaced by a new program. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I would tell [DACA recipients] to remember that there wasn’t a DACA before, and young people like them were achieving greatness even before this,\u201d said Gaby Pacheco, 32, one of the three undocumented students who led the walk and graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in K-12 special education from InterAmerican Campus in 2009. \u201c<\/span>The same way DACA was not given to us\u2014it was fought for\u2014we need to continue to fight for it, and if we want more, we need to be active and we need to do more.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Miami Dade College has around 200 DACA students enrolled this semester, a dramatic drop from last semester\u2019s 500-student estimate. Although the College has a higher overall enrollment in the fall term than in the spring term, it is<\/span> speculated<\/span> that the drop is partly due to political reasons, according to Juan Mendieta, the director of communications at MDC.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of these students is Karen Garcia, a 24-year-old journalism major at Wolfson Campus, who came to the U.S. at the age of 10 from Guadalajara, Mexico. She overstayed a tourist visa and became a DACA recipient in 2013. <\/span><\/p>\n

During her first two semesters at MDC, Garcia had to pay out-of-state tuition because she was undocumented. To save money for college, she worked as a nanny from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one and a half years. Currently, she and her mother pay for her tuition out of pocket. <\/span><\/p>\n

Garcia is the only one in her family who can legally drive in the U.S. When one of her family members living in Alabama was battling terminal cancer, she was able to transport her family for four months without the fear of being pulled over and arrested. She has additional pressures, such as transferring and having a career in two years so that she can help her younger brother pay for college by the time he graduates from high school. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I lose my DACA, I lose my job and my driver’s license, so I feel my biggest fear now is that,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cIt’s like they give you something that you really wanted and they let you enjoy…this advantage that you would have never dreamed of, and then they take it away and you’re back to where you started.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What is DACA?<\/b><\/p>\n

In June of 2012, Barack Obama announced a new policy offering deportation relief and work authorization to qualifying undocumented \u00a0immigrants brought to the United States by their parents as minors. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Applications for the quasi-legal status opened in August of the same year, with some of the main requirements for eligibility being: to have arrived in the U.S. while under the age of 16, to be under the age of 31 as of June 15, 2012, and to have continually resided in the U.S. from June 15, 2007 to present. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[DACA] just opens up new doors to be able to study, get a higher education, work at a better job…Higher education is a way to rise above what’s normal,\u201d<\/span> said Adela Ramirez, 21, a DACA student and first-year psychology major at InterAmerican Campus, who arrived in the U.S. from Jutiapa, Guatemala when she was two years old. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ramirez also entered the U.S. with a tourist visa that expired. Although her DACA application was denied twice because of issues with dates, she was able to secure DACA status in June of 2016. For the two and a half years she was waiting for her DACA to be approved, she was neither studying or working. <\/span><\/p>\n

Obtaining DACA status was a determining factor in Ramirez\u2019 education. Her parents pay in-state tuition thanks to a waiver specifically given to DACA students. The aspiring counseling psychologist hopes to earn master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in psychology. <\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from better educational and job opportunities, DACA offers other benefits like having a social security number and a credit card as well as being able to travel within the U.S. via airplane. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, DACA recipients must apply for advance parole to travel abroad and return legally, and even with this travel document, re-entry into the U.S. could be denied. They are also at a disadvantage when it comes to eligibility for health insurance and federal student aid. <\/span><\/p>\n

Living in Uncertainty <\/b><\/p>\n

Before President Donald J. Trump took office, he promised to overturn DACA immediately upon becoming president. His intentions seemingly changed this past January when he told ABC News that his administration would handle the situation with \u201cgreat heart.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know what the future is for DACA,\u201d said Adonia Simpson, a supervising attorney of the children\u2019s legal program at the Miami-based Americans for Immigrant Justice. \u201cIndividuals that have DACA and have certain interactions with law enforcement could very easily lose DACA and be put in removal proceedings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Traffic violations and misdemeanors would not cause removal. But having felonies or more serious convictions as well as threatening national security through involvement in gangs or terrorist activities can terminate a person\u2019s DACA status and lead to deportation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Despite this, some DACA recipients have been recently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for other reasons like speaking about family members\u2019 deportation with a pending DACA renewal and for being accused of gang affiliation. <\/span><\/p>\n

To prevent the risk of removal, if someone has had an interaction with law enforcement, it is strongly recommended they speak to an attorney before they start DACA renewal or first-time application, according to Simpson. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHaving DACA is like \u2018you\u2019re good, you\u2019re okay,\u2019 but you still have to take extra precautions,\u201d said Jhoan Camilo Diaz, 26, who has been a DACA recipient since 2014 and is majoring in translation and interpretation studies at InterAmerican Campus. \u201cI don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the case for everyone, but feeling different from everyone else, not being able to live a normal life…makes you feel unsure. I just want to not have to see the people around me worry so much.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Originally from Cali, Colombia, Diaz arrived in the U.S. at the age of four and overstayed a tourist visa. He used to work \u2018under the table\u2019 in construction, but now he is working toward a degree and certifications in translation so that he can translate documents in English and Spanish and have a secure job. In the future, he would like to open a small business like a family restaurant. <\/span><\/p>\n

DACA does not offer the lawful pathway to permanent residency and citizenship that the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act would provide to immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. <\/span><\/p>\n

First introduced in 2001, the DREAM Act has been reintroduced multiple times and failed. Other versions of this legislation are still being proposed for passage, such as the Recognizing America\u2019s Children Act proposed by Miami representative Carlos Curbelo, which would offer a path to citizenship to DREAMers brought into the U.S. before January of 2012. <\/span><\/p>\n

Helping the Dream<\/b>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>To provide information and support regarding immigration concerns, all MDC campuses have hosted free \u201cKnow Your Rights\u201d sessions delivered by Americans for Immigrant Justice. The presentations mainly cover how to exercise one\u2019s rights if confronted by immigration authorities. <\/span><\/p>\n

Individual consultations for students are also available to address their personal situations and see if they have other forms of relief from removal. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever we can facilitate accurate information, answer questions and address concerns of all our students, DACA and beyond, we are going to go the extra mile to make sure that our students have the most accurate, most pertinent…information so that they can make their best decisions moving forward,\u201d said Joe Pena, the director of federal relations at the College, who has contributed in the collaboration between MDC and Americans for Immigrant Justice. <\/span><\/p>\n

Kendall Campus students in the Students Working for Equal Rights (S.W.E.R.) club are also involved in the matter by partnering with the bigger S.W.E.R. organization to teach students how to stay protected from immigration raids through information sessions on campus. <\/span><\/p>\n

TheDREAM.US, the largest scholarship program for DREAMers, was created by Gaby Pacheco and a group of people who fundraised $1 million dollars in 2013. It is now offered at 76 partner colleges, MDC being one of the first six. <\/span>Pacheco is presently involved in advocacy, mentors students who want to attend college, helps immigrants in deportation proceedings and speaks to members of Congress about the issue. <\/span><\/p>\n

One of TheDREAM.US scholarship<\/span><\/strong><\/a> recipients is Kevin Roth, an information technology major at the InterAmerican and Kendall campuses who got his DACA status in 2012. He is also a multimedia director at his church and is faithful that the Trump administration will bring a better reform for immigrants. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHave faith that everything is going to come out for the good, despite anything that you may disagree with, the Trump administration<\/span><\/strong><\/a> has the authority, and we just have to work with them,” Roth said. \u201cWhat we say has power and influence. Speak up and spread hope, not fear. We have had enough fear already.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

More than an immigration reform for themselves, DACA students say they want change for their families and all immigrants, who have lived in the United States for years, whose only intent is to build a better life in this country. <\/span><\/p>\n

David Rivas, 20, a DACA student majoring in international relations at InterAmerican Campus, is inspired by his mother who sacrificed her degree and the life she had in Honduras for him to live the American Dream. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe American Dream is the possibility to do anything you want,\u201d Rivas said. \u201cIt is to improve yourself regardless of what you see, regardless of what you do, to help your neighbor, to help the next generation to give them a better point of take-off than you got.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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