Posted on 12/20/2012 5:47:35 AM PST by moonshinner_09
SAN FRANCISCO -- When Jesus Ruiz Diego, 26, woke up in San Jose on Wednesday morning he thought for a second that he had just dreamed about getting out of jail.
But when he saw it was his aunt who had awaked him, not a guard, he knew he wouldn't have to face the horrible reality of a Christmas spent awaiting deportation in the Yuba County Jail.
"And then I was like, 'It's real,' " he said Wednesday during a news conference in front of the San Francisco office of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, whom he hopes will help in his fight to stay in the United States.
Ruiz Diego is among some 1.7 million illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children and who might qualify for federal "deferred action"
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Breaking News:
No help for Marine jailed in Mexico.
First is was 500,000 then 1 million now 1.7 million eligible for this program. Going up faster than the national debt.
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