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For: The Opinion
Saturday, October 5
Deportation of migrant refugees from Colorado churches suspended for one year
Jeanette Vizguerra, Arturo Hernández García, Sandra López, Ingrid Escalada and Rosa Sabido have received good news and the fruit of their effort, after seek refuge to avoid deportation in Colorado religious congregations .
The federal government reported that will block the deportation proceedings that exist against you for one year , in what is known as a temporary suspension of his removal from the United States, also called “stay”.
This was reported by the local media Denver Post, which reports that Democratic Congressman Joe Neguso applied for protection in January for the government of President Biden to officially provide it to this group of migrants. He did it hand in hand with the rest of the Democratic congressional delegation in Colorado.
Last 14 December, first received the protection Limed and Sabido . A new letter from Neguse requested that this relief also be extended to Vizguerra, García and López.
It read: “Sandra, Jeanette and Arturo have lived in Colorado for decades, enriching the economy and adding value to the community . They should not be considered a priority for deportation. ”
“ We immigrants who have supported this country, many of us on the front lines during the pandemic, we deserve to be recognized and have a path to citizenship ”, highlighted Jeanette Vizguerra , who fled the violence in Mexico in 1997. López, for his part, considered that this is “like a Christmas, New Year’s gift. A gift for a year that fell from heaven. ”
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