Out of the 11 million undocumented, DREAMers are only around 2 million of those, she said. "I’m glad that we have folks who are affected by immigration system that are actually speaking, telling their stories about them and their families," she said.Īlida Garcia, a 2012 Obama campaign veteran who works for Mark Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group FWD.us, said that both Karla and Francisca Ortiz speaking was a sign of growth for the movement "and a more accurate reflection of who we’re fighting for when we talk about comprehensive immigration reform." "I think definitely it’s a step forward," she said, noting that she also wanted people who are not eligible for Obama's immigration actions and an unaccompanied minor to speak. "They can’t really believe it’s happening, they see themselves as bringing us closer to the solution," she said.Įrika Andiola, an activist and Praeli's opponent on the Bernie Sanders side during the primary, agreed. She said Karla and Francisca Ortiz are excited and nervous. Lorella Praeli, an activist turned staffer who is running the Latino vote program for the campaign, said DREAMers have been normalized in a way parents haven't been yet, which represents progress for the immigration movement.
Silva, the second DREAMer to speak at the DNC, will be one of the headliners Monday. "When you become the voice of your parent, you are thrown into being an adult when you are a kid," one Clinton staffer said. Karla Ortiz will speak, but so will her mother - in Spanish, with her daughter translating for her, a reality that many children of immigrants have dealt with for decades and continue to deal with. The doctor told my mom that she had to take care of my heart because fear could make me sick." "The doctor said that my heart speeds up and that he thought it was because I was afraid all the time. "One day my heart hurt and they took me to the doctor," Karla wrote. From the experience, the campaign produced an ad titled "Brave" that was effective, particularly in Nevada.Īfter, in a note Karla Ortiz wrote to Clinton, obtained by BuzzFeed News, she said that growing up she went to court a lot and never knew why her parents were always crying. A glassy-eyed Clinton told the young girl she was being very brave and to let her do the worrying. Karla Ortiz began to cry, asking Clinton to protect her parents.
It wasn't planned for her to ask a question, but she did, and the moment was captured by videographers that trail Clinton. Steven Horsford intervened.ĭuring the lead up to the February Nevada caucus, Karla Ortiz was in the audience for a Clinton event with DREAMers, including Silva, and their parents. They were given an order of deportation but were granted a stay after Sen. His status, and her mother's, are perilous. In October 2013, after a lawyer repeatedly accepted money from the Ortiz family but didn't help them, immigration agents came to detain Karla Ortiz' father. citizen girl and her undocumented mother, who will all speak at the convention Monday. In Philadelphia, the Democratic National Convention will present three faces from Nevada by way of Mexico: a young woman, Astrid Silva a DREAMer activist and Karla and Francisca Ortiz, a 10-year-old U.S. The clerk shall close the case and terminate all pending motions, including the motion for a preliminary injunction (Doc #5).Īdditionally, the clerk is directed to close the related case, No C-99-1919-VRW.PHILADELPHIA - The Democrats will be presenting a starkly different immigration message this week during their convention - especially around the issue of undocumented immigration.Īt the RNC, Donald Trump described a violent America, which featured the suffering of innocents at the hands of vicious undocumented immigrants the convention also featured people whose son or daughter had been killed by an undocumented immigrant. It certainly fails to allege any valid federal cause of action.įor this reason, the motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis are DENIED and the action is DISMISSED. The complaint fails to allege, however, any cognizable legal theory upon which it may proceed. The complaint appears to seek a return of plaintiff's child to his custody. § 1915 (e)(2), the court must dismiss any action that it determines "fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted." The action before the court fails to state a claim on which relief can be granted. The court now DENIES both of plaintiff's applications to proceed in forma pauperis (Docs #3 4). On August 13, 1999, the case was related to case number C-99-1919-VRW, a case that had been before the court until it was voluntarily dismissed by plaintiff on July 14, 1999. On July 21, 1999, plaintiff filed the complaint in this case, two applications to proceed in forma pauperis and a motion for preliminary injunction.
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