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@LCortesRomero
Jul 14, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
#WeNeedImmigrationReformFor :
People that pick the food we eat

People that work to live, and not live to work

Parents that leave entire lives behind for their child's future

People that were brought to the U.S. as children
#WeNeedImmigrationReformFor :
People escaping gang violence

People escaping gender violence

People leaving starvation and poverty

People that clean our cars

People that bag our groceries

People that provide sanitation and janitorial services

People that cook our food
#WeNeedImmigrationReformFor :
People that teach our students

People that want to study with us at our schools

People that report our news

People that want to exercise religion freely

People escaping war

People that want to serve in our military
#WeNeedImmigrationReformFor :
People that don't want to have children

People that don't want to get married

People that want to speak freely

People that don't want to work 80 hours a week

People that want to travel the world

People that take care of children
#WeNeedImmigrationReformFor :
People that drive our taxis, ubers, and lyfts

People that cut our hair

People that sell us our groceries

People that build and paint our houses

People that have learned from their mistakes
#WeNeedImmigrationReformFor :
People that want to be free

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Sep 23, 2020
Judges at the Seattle Immigration Court--the only court in WA State for non-detained hearings--are requiring that immigrants, witnesses, translators and attorneys appear IN PERSON for the upcoming hearings starting in October. No other court in the country is demanding this. /1
The Seattle Immigration Court also no longer has standing orders for covid-19, because the judges there cannot currently agree on a uniform rule for the court. So, there currently aren't any standing orders or guidance in place. That won't stop hearings from moving forward. /2
For immigrants who live in Yakima, Spokane, etc. it will take 3 to 6 hour drive each way to get to the court. Individuals who are unable to drive (unaccompanied minors/don't own a car, etc.) will have to ask someone else for a ride and be in close proximity for several hours. /3
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Aug 24, 2020
Major parts of the @USCIS guidance published on its website today:

- USCIS will reject & return fees of all initial DACA requests from applicants who have never previously received DACA. /1

uscis.gov/sites/default/…
- USCIS will accept renewal requests from applicants who had been granted DACA at any time in the past, but limit the renewal to one-year instead of two-years. /2
- USCIS will reject DACA renewal requests received more than 150 days before the current grant of DACA expires, and suggests that DACA recipients file their renewal request between 150 and 120 days before their current grant of DACA expires. /3
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Aug 4, 2020
Years ago I was in court waiting to be called up for a quick, routine hearing. The immigration judge asked through the Court’s Spanish interpreter if I was waiting for my lawyer. I politely told him I was a lawyer. But this captures my instant thought at the time /1
At another hearing, a now-retired judge had just seen in the news that I had #DACA. He was flabbergasted by it. At the end of the hearing (he granted my client a green card) he said (in jest and in truth) he’d try to quickly conclude b4 DHS counsel decides to deport me instead /2
While representing a client in court I’m there to be their North Star. My own status usually isn’t talked about.

When we lose, I’m reminded of my dad’s deportation. I wasn’t in court when my dad got the news but wonder whether my client‘s initial reactions were similar to his /3
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Jul 26, 2020
Seattle PD has confronted peaceful demonstration in Capitol Hill. People already pepper sprayed earlier today.
#SeattleProtest #CapitolHill Image
Cars are blocking this armed police vehicle from entering the protest area. Unclear if Seattle PD or from another jurisdiction. #Seattleprotest #CapitolHill Image
@SeattlePD (and others) threatening to “run over” parked cars, then entered the car without a warrant. #seattleprotests #capitolhillseattle
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Jul 7, 2020
My #DACA prediction:
The Administration won't end DACA altogether. Rather, the Admin will amend the 2012 DACA memo & limit it to the truncated version we have now. As in, keep renewals, no new applications, no new advance parole. /1
DHS will then announce an increase of enforcement of “law already on the books” against those without DACA. DHS won’t say it’s against Dreamers outright, rather it’ll say that it’ll enforce “the law” against everyone, but clearly referring to Dreamers without DACA. /2
There are already heartbreaking stories of people within family units that are with and without DACA. This is a new dynamic to the old “mix status” family inequities that plague some immigrants.
nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/… /3
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Jun 10, 2020
If you’re an employer and want to support DACA employees, here are 10 examples of how you can do so:

1. Provide mental health days. This is a stressful time and a lot of us are very fatigued. And if you could offer it as a paid day, all the better.
2. Invest in them by helping cover the $495.00 USCIS renewal fee.
3. Allow flexibility to take a very sudden day off. The DACA decision is due any day now, and it’s going to be an emotional day regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision.
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