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Ireri Unzueta Carrasco is an educator, gardener, daughter and sister. Since 2010 when immigrant youth first came out of the shadows, she’s been part of the push of undocumented people struggling for civil and human rights. Now she is suing USCIS, the agency within the Department of Homeland Security that approves deferred action, to challenge its punishing decision to deny her daca renewal. The agency says that her involvement in the political protests that moved the President to create the deportation relief program is grounds to reject her application on “public safety” concerns.
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Political Protest is a First Amendment Right Not a Public Safety Threat
Ireri was arrested four times but never convicted in her acts of protest.
Now US Citizenship and Immigration Services is retaliating against Ireri for her protests stating,
“The decision and the file as a whole was re-reviewed by multiple supervisors. The decision to deny the I-821D was not in error. Ms. Unzueta’s case raised public safety concerns and it was determined deferred action wasn’t appropriate in this case…”
With a coalition of 132 organizations writing in support of her case, Ireri is suing DHS and USCIS with representation by the law office of Mony Ruiz-Velasco and the National Immigrant Justice Center.