"El Magonista" | Vol. 7 No.

27 | August 1, 2019

Astounding response to our 3rd phase of the National

Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole !!!

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SPECIAL EDITION

Amazing application numbers show great

humanitarian need for Dreamers’ demand for
 travel with Advance Parole

The CMSC team is astonished by the number of DACA recipients who

shared an urgent need to apply for our Advance Parole Assistance
Program. In under a month, from July 3-31st, we received 173 applications
from Dreamers who live in 23 different states!

This is more than three times the number of applicants we had

originally anticipated. We received 146 applications that reflected a need
to travel abroad for humanitarian reasons, 19 applications for educational
purposes, and 8 for employment opportunities.

As it has been the case with our former California-Mexico Dreamers Study
Abroad programs, the majority of applicants identified as female (104)
compared to male (69). In addition, it’s important to mention that the majority
of applicants live in California (43), Texas (33), and Arizona (10).
Even though court orders have ruled continuation of the DACA program since
January 2018, DHS has denied the ability for DACA recipients to apply for
Advance Parole since before September 5, 2017.

As a way to challenge the administration’s discriminatory practice, the CMSC

launched the Advance Parole Assistance Program to pressure DHS to follow
the court orders that allows them to grant Advance Parole for "deserving cases"
per the San Francisco Federal Court’s ruling.

The CMSC is already processing and assisting all Dreamers with urgent and
well-documented deserving reasons for their applications. The next step will be
to bring at least 50 of those Dreamers to Washington, D.C. during November 9
to 15, 2019 to advocate for the full restoration of DACA’s Advance Parole, and
promote that the U.S. Supreme Court consider including Advance Parole during
DACA's hearing on November 12, 2019.

Thus, our fundraising goal for this phase of our National Campaign to
Restore DACA’s Advance Parole is $50,000 to partially cover some of the
AP application fees, our staff assistance, and the DC travel expense, at an
average total cost of $1,000 per DACA recipient for 50+ Dreamers to
secure expedited approval of their applications.

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 CMSC helps 4 Dreamers return to the U.S. after
crossing into Mexico by mistake

By: Martín Plascencia ~ Telemundo 52 ~ 30 July 2019

A small mistake could have permanently changed the lives of a group of young
immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
program, whom accidentally crossed the San Diego-Tijuana border on Sunday, July
21st, 2019.

Four DACA recipients from Santa Ana, CA intended to greet their grandmother
through the border fence in the San Diego-Tijuana Friendship Park, but they
accidentally missed the last U.S. exit and crossed to Mexico.

“I was surprised by a text that said “welcome to Mexico”, said Gerardo Hernández,
who accidentally drove to Mexico.
“I was the one driving and it was my first time driving in that area of California, and
without knowing it, I missed the last U.S. exit,” added Hernández.

None of the Dreamers had "Advance Parole", a special travel permit previously given
to DACA recipients to be readmitted to the United States.

The young immigrants told Telemundo 52 that they felt lost and humiliated by border
agents from the Mexican side.

"My sister and my cousin began to say that they could not leave the country, so [the
border agent] said 'well, that doesn't matter to me, it's not my problem," said Fernando
Nava.

According to Nava, the agent also added that the mistake was going to cost them
dearly and he started laughing at them.

The four DACA recipients were able to return to the United States thanks to the
support and efforts made by Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos and the California
Mexico Studies Center (CMSC).

According to these Dreamers, without the support of the center, lawyers, activists and
local legislators, their life would have changed tremendously.

"If it had not been for this incident, I would have never known that the Advance Parole
provision even existed," Nava said.

“Advance Parole was a permit that allowed DACA recipients to travel abroad for
educational, humanitarian or employment reasons,” said Lidieth Arevalo,
representative of the California-Mexico Studies Center. “But it was suspended on
September 5, 2017 when the Trump Administration initially rescinded the DACA
program,” added Arevalo.

The California Mexico Studies Center is conducting a national campaign for

President Trump's administration to restore the "Advance Parole" program. To
learn more about the campaign efforts visit: www.advanceparole.org

Source: Telemundo 52 (Originally published in Spanish)

Watch the CMSC-produced video about this story and

the need for Advance Parole:

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Advance Parole and our Advance Parole Assistance Program?
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WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Given the large amount of applications for our Advance Parole Assistance
Program, the CMSC direly needs your support! Please donate to our Advance Parole
Application Fund Drive for us to continue our advocacy efforts to restore DACA's
Advance Parole and to help as many Dreamers apply for an Advance Parole permit.
We are raising funds to allow Dreamers to apply for Advance Parole, although the
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is currently denying this benefit, to
pressure them and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to follow the court
orders that reinstated DACA and to increase the awareness of Congress about the
humanitarian cases and real-life stories behind Dreamer’s need for Advance Parole.

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continue to bring more Dreamers to advocate in Washington, D.C. Learn more about
our campaign here.

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OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO OUR SPONSORS

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all sponsors and individual donors who
have contributed to the National Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole since
January 2019. Without your support we would not have been able to take a total of 50
Dreamers to advocate in Washington, D.C. during our January and June 2019
advocacy with members of congress.

ORGANIZATIONS

California Community Foundation Education & Leadership Foundation

California Wellness Foundation Miguel Contreras Foundation
Unidos U.S. Southwest Voter Registration
South County Labor Fund Education Project
AltaMed United We Lead Foundation
California Faculty Association Las 10 Americas Carniceria
California Latino Legislative Caucus Sabor a México Panaderia (CO)
America Friends Service Committee
CARECEN Earthbound Farm Organic
COFEM
Centro CHA
 INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Ron & Phylis Arias Charlie Goedeke

Dr. Alan Lowenthal Maria Eggli
C. Fay Graef Nestor M. Ruiz
Daniel Dunbar Russell Marco Jauregui
Dr. Bruce R. Marquez Sandra Hernandez
Dave Tourje Selena Nguyen-Rodriguez
David Sandoval Denise Woods
Dr. Robert Nelson Elizabeth Rosas
Dr. Sy Abrego Eugene Fisher
Jose Angel Gutierrez, Esq. Liz Flores
Juan Ovalle Marlene Morris
Sandra & Richard Brandt Nayeli Hernandez
Yanet Limon-Amado Ronald Arias
Maria Gomez Oscar Hernandez Ortiz
David Salazar Erica Prindale
Sean Kendall, Esq. Lidieth Arevalo
Brenda Martell Maria Sosa
Jose Perez Mayra Garibo
Rhonda Rios Kravitz Yadira De Leon
Mary Dolores Ramos Yesenia Gomez
Maydelli Mendoza Freddy Casas
Alfredo Ovalle Felipe Portnoy
Adhsael Sosa Fredi A. Morales
Carmen O. Perez Maria Orejuela

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