U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), hearing the pleas of undocumented immigrant youth who are worried that a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) deal may involve further criminalization of their parents and families, called for a “clean” vote on the bipartisan DREAM Act, saying it "needs to be clean and I feel very strongly about that. No strings attached. We made a promise as the United States government to these young people and we need to keep our promise. That’s it. Period. Full stop”:
Harris also said she's walking a fine line as the deadline for renewing DACA status approaches this Thursday. One one hand, she appealed to DREAMers to make sure they submit their paperwork by Oct. 5, and to reach out to her office for advice.
But she also said she understands some of their trepidation about filing paperwork with the Trump administration.
"I cannot guarantee, because they won’t guarantee, that they won’t share the information with ICE," she said. "We get mixed signals. They say it’s not going to be a high priority for deportation. I’d like to believe that’s true, but they have not given us any guarantees. In that way I think it’s highly irresponsible of this administration. Highly irresponsible."
During a Senate hearing last week, Sen. Harris tore into acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke for refusing to outright promise that the personal information of DACA recipients would not be shared with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “I will tell you from the perspective of California, these young people are terrified,” Harris said. “They are terrified.”
According to Mother Jones, while around 154,000 DACA recipients are eligible to reapply for a final renewal, tens of thousands have not due to the arbitrary October 5 deadline set up by the government, refiling costs, and the fears outlined by Sen. Harris. One California undocumented immigrant youth who may have just made the deadline is Amzi, who submitted her application at the end of September. Now she waits.
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