Lawyers recommend that children of illegal immigrants refrain from traveling abroad

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Among the immigrants who got into the US illegally, there are those who ended up in the country, being still children, when the parents decided for them to illegally enter the USA. Thanks to President Barack Obama’s order, they were protected from deportation, but now some lawyers persuade them to refuse foreign travel after 20 in January 2017, when Donald Trump assumes office, Associated Press.

A number of activists and lawyers suggest that Trump can immediately cancel the Obama program, which allowed young immigrants, children of illegal immigrants, to work legally and travel for humanitarian, educational or work purposes.

They fear that such a decision may lead to the fact that some people who are in another country will not be able to return to the United States.

“We recommend that all trips be completed no later than January 20 in case of major changes in laws or procedures. We do not want people to be in a situation of uncertainty if they are not allowed to return to the United States, ”said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Los Angeles Coalition for the humanitarian rights of immigrants.

Trump's Promises and Plans

The problem of illegal immigration was one of the main issues in the trump campaign. He promised to build a wall on the border with Mexico and deport millions of people living in the US illegally.

But what are his real plans - is still unknown. In the first interview after being elected president, he stated that he intended to focus on immigrants who committed crimes.

In a recent interview with Time magazine, Trump showed sympathy for people who got into the Obama-initiated Deferred Action Program for Children Arriving in the US, the implementation of which began in 2012. The program participants are 741 thousand people.

“We need to work out something to make people happy and proud. They were brought here at a very young age, they worked here, they went to school here. Some were good students. Some have wonderful jobs. And now they find themselves in an incredible situation where they don’t know what’s going to happen next,” Trump said.

Nevertheless, activists prefer to be careful, because during the election campaign the billionaire called this program "illegal amnesty."

Mexican-born Nancy Lopez-Ramirez is going to travel to her home country as part of the New York City College course. An 20-year-old student says she is very happy that their group will return to 15 in January.

“Mom worries that I won't be able to return. The situation is alarming, but in the end, I think, this trip will be worth it, ”said Lopez-Ramirez, who was brought to the US at 4.

The City College, part of the City University of New York, recommends that deferred participants return to the United States before the inauguration. Similar recommendations are being made by California State University, asking administrators to inform program participants that “if they are outside the United States as of 20 in January of 2017, there are no guarantees that they will be allowed to return to the USA”.

Trump can immediately remove measures to protect immigrants by issuing a “memorandum on operational issues,” since this is how they were introduced by Obama. This option was made by the president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, William Stock.

US Customs and Border Protection spokesman Anthony Bucci declined to answer the question of how long it would take his agency to begin denying program participants entry to the country if Trump cancels Obama’s decision, saying that the Service "cannot engage in speculation."

According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, as of 31 December, 2015, around 22, 340 participants in the deferred action program have been granted the right to travel outside the United States.

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