A #DACA recipient was killed trying to rescue others during #Harvey, his body was recovered earlier

[riversedge]

The article does not say why the mother is not allowed in the US to bury her son.



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A DACA recipient was killed trying to rescue others during Harvey, his body was recovered earlier today http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/amp/Missing-volunteer-pulled-from-Cypress-Creek-12170986.php …

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Missing volunteer pulled from Cypress Creek


http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/amp/Missing-volunteer-pulled-from-Cypress-Creek-12170986.php
Susan Carroll, Lomi Kriel | on September 3, 2017


...........Alonso Guillen was a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which temporarily lifted the threat of deportation for immigrants brought to the U.S. before they were 16, family members said.

His father is a lawful permanent, but his mother is still in the application process for legal status.
Reached at her home in Piedras Negras, Mexico, across the border from Eagle Pass, Rita Ruiz de Guillen, 62, said she is heartbroken.

"I've lost a great son, you have no idea," she said, weeping softly. "I'm asking God to give me strength."

She said she hoped U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials would take pity and grant her a humanitarian visa so that she could come to Houston and bury her son, but she was turned back at the border.


"When we are with God, there are no borders," she said. "Man made borders on this earth."

[bronxiteforever]

1. Kick and Recommend-Read,we must be witnesses for the dreamers

as painful as it is we must remember these stories. Human tragedy plays the chord of justice in our heart. It echoes even in the cold marble of the tomb. We need to remember the people we lose in this anti immigration wave so that when the waters recede we will not repeat it.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. I swear I will hide any DACA person from these monsters, the American SS.

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

[spanone]

4. i am ashamed of my country.

[Igel]

5. It's likely she was forced to leave the US.

It's not entirely a trustworthy source, but here it is. It's good enough:

http://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/voluntary-departure-vs-deportation.html


While they're temporarily under this travel ban, it doesn't hurt their right to apply for a visa after the ban expires. If they're caught in the US during the time of this ban, if I recall correctly, that right vanishes. Think of it as a carrot.

I don't know if there are provisions for a humanitarian exception to the law or if some official would have to just say, "Screw the law, I only enforce it when I want to" and issue the visa. We've taken away a lot of that kind of discretion over the years.

[riversedge]

6. I do not know either. Hard to find good information lately.

[neeksgeek]

7. This must be the "heart" Trump had in mind.