A group of dreamers will be able to leave the US and return legally after suing the Government

Several dozen recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program received permits to travel and study abroad after a Long Beach, California educational organization sued the Biden government. last month. 

The complaint was filed in April against the Administration after the requests that 84 dreamers presented nine months ago

to take a course in Mexico,

visit their relatives whom they have not seen for years and have a closer personal experience of their roots.

The delay in the paperwork forced them to postpone their trip up to five times due to delays in the paperwork of the country's immigration authorities.

A provision of the DACA program allows so-called dreamers, who came to the United States as children and have lived in the country without legal immigration status, to travel for work, school or humanitarian reasons.

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A spokeswoman for the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said the agency has been working diligently to resolve the problem, but did not comment further on the pending litigation, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Last week, 22 members of Congress signed a letter written by Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, urging immigration officials to speed up processing times.

DACA recipients in front of the Supreme Court, June 18, 2020.AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta

"Travel authorization requests range from three months to more than two years, preventing DACA recipients from traveling for family emergencies or for legitimate educational reasons," Lowenthal wrote.

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These approvals get around some of the hurdles that have prevented DACA recipients from obtaining citizenship, a door that former President Donald Trump tried to close in 2017 by ending the DACA program.

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Prior to that, nearly 46,000 Dreamers nationwide were cleared to travel internationally under the advance parole provision.

Immigration laws penalize immigrants who leave the country after entering without authorization.

Returning to the United States through an established port of entry removes those penalties, clearing the way for a DACA recipient who has someone sponsor them to obtain legal residency, such as a U.S. citizen parent or spouse.

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Another 130 DACA recipients hoping to study abroad later this summer through the California-Mexico Study Center have pending travel requests.

Meeting with dreamers

President Joe Biden received six Dreamers at the White House on Friday, with whom he spoke about their experiences in promoting immigration reform that regularizes some 11 million people residing in the country without documents.

In the presidential mansion, the young people spoke with the president about their personal experiences as health workers, the agricultural sector or education.

[I'm a tourist and I'm getting married, can I wait in the country?]

María Praeli, originally from Peru;

Jirayut

New

 Latthivongskorn, from Thailand;

Astou Thiane, from Senegal;

Esmeralda Tovar-Mora and Karen Reyes, born in Mexico, and Leydy Rangel, of Mexican parents, were the guests at the White House.

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During the meeting, Biden

"reiterated his support for dreamers, holders of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), agricultural workers and other essential immigrant workers

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the Administration said in a statement.

They also addressed immigration reform and, in that sense, the president expressed the "strong support" of his government for the Dreams and Promises bills, and the Modernization of the Agricultural Workforce.

Both initiatives, approved last March by the Lower House, seek to provide a path to citizenship for "dreamers", farm workers and beneficiaries of TPS and Deferred Forced Departure (DED).

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Those proposals are part of the effort by Democrats to regularize immigrants already covered by immigration benefits, while Biden's comprehensive reform makes its way.

To go ahead, both bills must get the approval of the Senate, where it is difficult for them to go ahead due to the very narrow Democratic majority in this chamber.

With information from EFE and the Los Angeles Times.