Some Florida conservatives voice support for man spared from deportation
Manuel Guerra — an undocumented immigrant who supports the DREAM Act, and whose deportation case was recently canceled — has earned the backing of some conservatives in Indiantown, Fla. # The DREAM Act would grant people who entered the U.S
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Manuel Guerra — an undocumented immigrant who supports the DREAM Act, and whose deportation case was recently canceled — has earned the backing of some conservatives in Indiantown, Fla. #
The DREAM Act would grantpeople who entered the U.S. illegally before the age of 16 conditional permanent resident status for a period of six years, after which they would be eligible to become legal permanent residents, if they obtain at least an associate-level college degree or serve in the military for two years. #
TCPalm.com reportsthat Austin Parris, “a proud member of his local tea party group” and “a 23-year-old accounting student at Florida Atlantic University, publicly protested the Dream Act less than two years ago — and he now supports it.” #
According to the site: #
“„[Parris] also supports Manuel Guerra, an Indiantown resident who illegally crossed the border from Mexico when he was 16 to escape Mexican gangs. #
“I think what Manuel did just to get here shows enough drive for someone to be successful in this country,” Parris, who lives in Lake Worth, told me. “And I think that’s reflective of a personal attitude that we want in this country.” #
TCPalm adds that more than 600 people in three days signed an online petitionsupporting Guerra: “Some, including his former Junior ROTC instructor, wrote letters vouching for him.” #
The New York Timesreported last weekthat federal immigration authorities canceled Guerra’s deportation, which meant that he “became one of the first illegal immigrants in the country to see results from a policy the Obama administration unveiled” in mid-August that implements a case-by-case review of at least 300,00o deportation proceedings. #
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