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Juan Escalante
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AOC Says US Should Treat All Asylum Seekers How We Treat Ukrainian Refugees
Journalist Juan Escalante, who was once himself an undocumented immigrant, said that Ocasio-Cortez “is 100% correct.” The crisis in Ukraine could “push Biden to grant #TPS to Ukrainians in the United States,” as well as “push Congress to deliver a path to citizenship for all TPS recipients — including Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, etc.,” Escalante said.
Court Ruling Adds New Strain for DACA Immigrants
“I think the level of anxiety about what is going to happen to your life is nowhere near the appropriateness that anybody should live under, especially young people,” Juan Escalante, a DACA recipient from Venezuela, told VOA. Escalante’s family moved to the U.S. when he was 11 years old. His parents fled Venezuela after experiencing a traumatizing event.
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