Saturday, December 21, 2019

For the "crime" of coming here at age 6

"Pelayo, 33, lives with her husband and two young children in Tucson, Arizona. Her parents brought her there from Mexico without documentation when she was 6. As a 'Dreamer' who has been shielded from deportation since 2012 under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and who has stayed out of trouble with the law, Pelayo believed she was safe. 'I never thought they would reopen my case,' she said. 'I feel like I'm an American ... If they send me back to Mexico what are my kids going to do without me? What am I going to do without them?'"

~ B. Ortega

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/21/us/ice-reopening-dreamer-deportation-cases-invs/index.html

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