Posted on 11/28/2020 3:57:24 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Mexico City (AFP) - Mauricio Lopez was deported to Mexico after spending most of his life in the United States. Now he hopes against the odds that Joe Biden's administration will let him return.
The 26-year-old English teacher is one of thousands of migrants known as "dreamers" who as children were taken to the US by their parents.
Like many Mexicans who were expelled, in particular under outgoing President Donald Trump, Lopez is hoping that President-elect Biden will push for changes that protect undocumented migrants.
"It would be good for us if he relaxes immigration laws ... if there are asylum processes, if he makes it easier for us to obtain work permits or tourist visas, since many of us have families there," he said.
Lopez was deported to Mexico from North Carolina in 2016 after he was unable to renew his residency permit under the DACA program for unauthorized immigrants brought to the United States as children.
He was deported with his mother, leaving behind a sister but joining a brother who had already been sent back to Mexico years earlier.
Lopez is part of a growing number of deportees trying to integrate into a country that often feels foreign to them.
Around 89,000 Mexicans were expelled from the United States in the first half of this year, according to the interior ministry.
Widespread expulsions have also occurred under Democratic administrations.
About three million unauthorized immigrants were deported by former president Barack Obama between 2009 and 2016, when Biden was vice president.
Biden has signaled a break with the policies of Trump, who vowed to halt almost all immigration and expel the more than 10 million undocumented migrants estimated to live in the United States.
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so mexicans demand to break the law while the US government turns a blind eye. We live in a fallen world.
JoMa
The change ther desire is theft.
What’s wrong with legal immigration?
The 26-year-old English teacher is one of thousands of migrants known as "dreamers" who as children were taken to the US by their parents.
Something must be missing here. He was just minding his own business, teaching and paying taxes, and he was deported?
Keep dreaming
“Lopez was deported to Mexico from North Carolina in 2016 “ - I wonder who was Vice -President then?
It was 25 minutes playing on tne heartstrings with little actual information as to why Lopez was in trouble. Bleah! Give me some facts. It is one thing if he had tickets for a couple of California stops. But if he has a stack of reckless ops and DUIs with one final running a stop sign then everyone's sympathy will disappear. Since they went out of their way to not give details I expect there are either a lot of tickets or some very serious ones.
“What’s wrong with legal immigration?”
There’s too much of it and from the wrong countries.
Illegal alien /= migrant
Illegal alien = criminal
Non-US citizen who lawfully applied for entry = Migrant
Your #7............... Exactly right.
“What’s wrong with legal immigration?”
There’s too much of it and from the wrong countries.
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One muzzie is too many.
And sponsors aren't held responsible for the immigrant not becoming a public burden. Sure your brother can come it - but he's your problem. If he starts begging for welfare he can go back home to do it and you're paying for what he consumed while here.
Why in God’s name can’t Mexican fix their own damned country instead of running away from it?
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