To: DHS
#FreeOsman, DACA dad in detention because of postal delay! #DreamActNow, not deportations.
Church World Service, Immigration & Refugee Program
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Osman Aroche Enriquez—a devoted father and community member in Lancaster, PA—is being held in detention after a routine traffic stop—all because the postal service delayed his paperwork! Osman is one of 12,000 who have lost their DACA protections since Trump cruelly ended the program in September. ICE must #FreeOsman before his son's birthday this Saturday, and Congress must pass a clean #DreamActNow before the holidays.
Why is this important?
Osman Aroche Enriquez is just one of 12,000 Dreamers who have lost their DACA protections since September, when Trump decided to end the successful program.
For Osman, the reason was a three-week postal delay (Trump gave Dreamers just one month to reapply for DACA status, and Osman's re-application papers spent a full three weeks in transit).
According to Vox.com, Osman's DACA re-application arrived at the USCIS service center in Chicago on October 10 — three weeks after he mailed it. It was too late for ICE: his application was rejected.
This is outrageous, and it has already gone too far. Fathers like Osman should not have to spend their son's birthday in jail, while Congress drags its feet on the Dream Act.
ICE must #FreeOsman before his son's birthday on Saturday, and Congress must pass a clean #DreamActNow -- before leaving for the holidays. The U.S. should not detain and deport Dreamers who have grown up and built their lives here.
Leaders in Congress have been delaying a vote on the Dream Act --despite a letter signed by 34 Republican Members of Congress calling on Speaker Ryan and Leader McConnell to act, they have said that they should wait until March to get this done. The truth is, every day Congress delays, 122 more DACA youth lose their status. Every day they wait, another family like Osman's is at risk of being torn apart, divided, and left in limbo.
We are calling on ICE to free Osman, on Osman's elected leaders to speak up to free Osman, and for the leaders of both the House and Senate to pass the Dream Act before leaving for the holidays, so Dreamers won't have to spend the holidays in fear.
For Osman, the reason was a three-week postal delay (Trump gave Dreamers just one month to reapply for DACA status, and Osman's re-application papers spent a full three weeks in transit).
According to Vox.com, Osman's DACA re-application arrived at the USCIS service center in Chicago on October 10 — three weeks after he mailed it. It was too late for ICE: his application was rejected.
This is outrageous, and it has already gone too far. Fathers like Osman should not have to spend their son's birthday in jail, while Congress drags its feet on the Dream Act.
ICE must #FreeOsman before his son's birthday on Saturday, and Congress must pass a clean #DreamActNow -- before leaving for the holidays. The U.S. should not detain and deport Dreamers who have grown up and built their lives here.
Leaders in Congress have been delaying a vote on the Dream Act --despite a letter signed by 34 Republican Members of Congress calling on Speaker Ryan and Leader McConnell to act, they have said that they should wait until March to get this done. The truth is, every day Congress delays, 122 more DACA youth lose their status. Every day they wait, another family like Osman's is at risk of being torn apart, divided, and left in limbo.
We are calling on ICE to free Osman, on Osman's elected leaders to speak up to free Osman, and for the leaders of both the House and Senate to pass the Dream Act before leaving for the holidays, so Dreamers won't have to spend the holidays in fear.