SARASOTA – The more than 600,000 DACA recipients known as dreamers can breathe a sigh of relief.
After four years of uncertainty, they can finally reapply to the deferred action for childhood arrivals program once more.
“I myself don’t feel any less American than somebody being born here,” said Edmundo Jardines-Cruz.
Jardines-Cruz is just one of the thousands of DACA recipients that no longer have to worry about facing deportation a New York federal judge restored the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that President Donald Trump tried to end.
The ruling made by the federal judge in New York restored DACA to its pre-2017 status.
As of now the renewal requests and advance parole requests based on Obama-Era rules to ensure that work permits are valid for two years.
Florida State Director with fwd.us Ted Hutchinson says after several uphill battles between immigration activist and the Trump Administration this victory allows Dreamers to map out their future and no longer hide in the shadows.
For Cruz this victory means several of his family members and friends who didn’t make the cusp to apply for DACA can do so now, but most importantly he’ll get to marry the love of his life and live the American Dream many immigrants yearn for.
Both Hutchison and Cruz are enjoying this win for immigrants everywhere but say the ultimate goal is for congress and senate to pass an immigration reform and ensure a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that call the U.S. home.
