IMMIGRATION IS A BLACK ISSUE

Immigration IS a Black issue and we’re glad members of Congress recognize this fact. UNDOCUBLACK NETWORK member, Gregory, “Ronnie” James (DACA recipient) who was born in St. Lucia and immigrated to the United States as a child was invited to the State of the Union by Representative Yvette Clarke of New York’s 9th Congressional District.

White House claims ‘dreamers’ take jobs away from blacks and Hispanics. However, what "Black" person in the Hells of North America can actually pinpoint our origin, without doubt. Very few. Gregory, “Ronnie” James is one of those lucky few.

James was 9 when his mother – who had stayed in the U.S. illegally, working as a babysitter – sent for him and his older brother.

Fascinated by airplanes, he still remembers that first trip from his Caribbean island home of St. Lucia to the U.S., how awed he was to see the glow of American cities from the sky at night. In New York, James attended Aviation High School in Long Island City, where students can study to receive a license in aviation maintenance – unless they’re in the country illegally. James didn’t qualify.

When his mother heard about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in 2012, she urged him and his brother, then 20, to apply. “Now my brother and I could get jobs that allowed us to help with the bills,” he said. After they received deferred action status, his brother found work as a security guard, then as a nursing assistant.

This spring, James enrolled at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in a two-year associate’s program in communications, and plans to work in aviation management.

“Now I can use my degree for its purpose,” he said.

James worries that if the court rules against the programs, it could erode the original protections.

“It would mean when I finish my degree I won’t be able to use it. It will just be a piece of paper,” he said. “It would mean the security I’ve had these past years is gone.”

IMMIGRATION IS A BLACK ISSUE .

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