As the Trump administration’s
deadline for the DACA program
has now come and gone, confusion still surrounds the seemingly arbitrary
date. Lawmakers have continued to drag their feet and make no progress
toward a bill that salvage DACA. The White House has taken no further
action to end the program by the March 5
th
deadline, despite its pledge to subject the some 700,000 DACA participants,
or “Dreamers,” to deportation, absent congressional action
to the contrary. Meanwhile, two federal district courts, in San Francisco
and New York, have blocked Trump’s efforts to rescind the program,
thereby forcing the federal government to continue accepting renewal DACA
applications. Meanwhile, the administration appealed the federal courts’
decisions, taking the unusual step of directing its pleas directly to
the U.S. Supreme Court, who recently declined to weigh in on the situation,
thus leaving the court rulings intact. In the midst of this chaos are
the Dreamers themselves, who now are residing in legal limbo, given the
expiration of Trump’s deadline. They are fearful that they suddenly
will be subject to deportation. They make no future plans, as their ability
to drive and work legally in the U.S. continues to be uncertain. More
importantly, they have no means of obtaining green cards or becoming U.S.
citizens, even though they have been living in the U.S. since childhood
and often have no recollection of having lived in their native countries.
Even worse, some DACA recipients fear speaking out on the issue, because
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has appeared to target those individuals
who have done so. Whether you or a loved one is a DACA program participant
or not, if ICE has detained a loved one, contacting an experienced California
immigration attorney as quickly as possible can be essential to securing
his or her release and fighting
deportation. Taking steps to fix an immigration problem from the outset is often much
simpler than waiting until the last minute and attempting to remedy the
situation. Call
Landerholm Immigration, A.P.C., at (510) 756-4468 today, and learn what we can do to help you through
this situation.
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