Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Several young undocumented residents of Mableton and Austell gathered their documents and forms to apply for a special work permit that would prevent them from being deported.
Hundreds of illegal immigrants under the age of 31 in Georgia, including Mableton and Austell, are gathering any visas, passports or other identification they have because the Department of Homeland Security is now accepting applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a type of work permit which would prevent them from being deported. President Barack Obama issued the executive order in June, and it could potentially help an estimated 1 million undocumented young people who would have been eligible for the failed Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, according to Huffington Post. Approval for the permit does not provide any type of legal status or a path to citizenship, said U.S. Citizenship and …
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Jesus Cruz, an undocumented Pebblebrook grad, will get to stay in the U.S.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Kiri Walton
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Jesus Cruz, an undocumented Pebblebrook graduate, can breathe a little easier now. He is no longer threatened by deportation, thanks mostly to an announcement from President Barack Obama in June. Obama announced that his administration will cease deportation for illegal immigrants who meet the requirements of the DREAM Act, which would allow illegal immigrants without criminal records but with high school diplomas or military service records to remain in the U.S. Cruz, who is DREAM Act-eligible, was facing deportation because Cobb County Police arrested him in August 2011 for driving without a license, which he cannot obtain in Georgia as an undocumented resident. In May, a judge granted Cruz his second two-month extension, and his …
Monday, May 21, 2012
Jesus Cruz and his supporters continue to fight for him to remain in the U.S.
OUTSIDE ATLANTA, GA -- Jesus Cruz found a small bit of relief last month when an immigration judge in Atlanta granted the undocumented graduate of Mableton’s Pebblebrook High another two months in the United States. “I don’t want to go to Mexico because this is my home,” Cruz told Patch in May. Cruz is facing deportation because Cobb County Police arrested him in August 2011 for driving without a license, which he cannot obtain in Georgia as an undocumented resident. Judge Madeline Garcia granted Cruz his second two-month extension on his deportation hearing to see if the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will exercise prosecutorial discretion, which is the agency’s authority to decide how to pursue individual cases. Cruz’s fate …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
An undocumented Pebblebrook High alumnus is facing deportation on Monday, and community members are gathering Thursday to hold a vigil in his honor.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
From Dulce Guerrero, DREAM ACTivist: Jesus Cruz, 21, has lived in the United States since the age of 11. He came to the United States with his mother who was escaping poverty in their home country. Jesus is a recent graduate of Pebblebrook High School and an aspiring college student. His imminent deportation is standing in the way of all that. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) denied Cruz’s request to drop his case, which the Obama Administration has claimed that it is willing to do for young people like him who are eligible for the DREAM Act and do not have a criminal background. This process, known as “prosecutorial discretion,” is a lie, according to Cruz. "Although president Obama has openly stated that Dream students like me …
Monday, March 12, 2012
South Cobb supporters and others from around the state plan to rally this morning to prevent the deportation of Jesus Cruz, a 2010 Pebblebrook graduate.
The fate of one Pebblebrook High alumnus will be sealed on Monday at 9 a.m. when a judge decides whether he will be allowed to remain in the United States, where he has spent the last nine years, or if he will be deported back to Mexico, where he was born. At 8 a.m., immediately before the immigration hearing, supporters plan to rally and hold a press conference in an effort to stop 20-year-old Jesus Cruz from being deported. In August 2011, Cobb County Police arrested Cruz for driving without a license. As an undocumented resident, he cannot legally obtain a driver’s license in Georgia. Cruz was transferred to Stewart Detention Center, placed under an ICE hold and released once his family raised enough money for his $7,500 bond. If …
Monday, March 5, 2012
Jerry Gonzalez, executive director of Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, says the state Senate should reject a ban of access to higher education for undocumented students.
From Jerry Gonzalez, executive director of Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials: Matters concerning the prosperity and future of our State and those concerning children should be absolutely void of political theatrics. Unfortunately, some Georgia legislators have opted for political theatrics by supporting SB 458, Georgia's anti-DREAM Act, a legislative initiative that would ban access to higher education to all undocumented students at all public colleges and universities. This is a bill that solves nothing and will cause many serious problems. SB 458 will result in the bullying and intimidation of Georgia's most precious resource: our children, specifically immigrant youth. Currently, undocumented students in Georgia are …
General Hafeezah
3:47 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
Has everyone forgotten that all this UNEMPLOYMENT started with the BUSH administration? Has everyone forgotten that before BUSH got in, our government had a surplus of money? So you mean you want more of the same by putting Republicans BACK in office? Jeesh! more ›