After a federal judge rules that DACA is illegal, a San Antonio DACA recipient worried about what could happen to her legal protections.
She has been a DACA recipient for 10 years. Under a new ruling, she and other recipients can renew their status. and eight other states suing to stop DACA. The judge’s ruling was ultimately expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, sending the program’s fate before the high court for a third time.Andrea Ramos
Gerardo Menchaca, a San Antonio immigration attorney, said he worries it could soon lead to the deportation of DACA recipients.He represents several DACA recipients and says some of them are nervous. “Some of these kids are, say, from Latin America, and they don’t speak Spanish,” Menchaca explained. “So if they get deported, what are they going to do? How are they going to fit in, and how are they going to work?”He said the community would feel the impact even for those who aren’t DACA recipients.
“A lot of my DACA recipient clients have professional licenses, college educated, they have mortgages and car payments, and all that is going to have repercussions in the San Antonio economy every year,” Menchaca said.While the future is uncertain for Ramos, she feels she belongs in this country. She’s working on her master’s degree at NYU and hopes to help other immigrants like her.
“I will continue to fight,” she said. “I will continue to advocate for our community in San Antonio, in Texas, across the country.”Daniela Ibarra joined the KSAT News team in July 2023. This isn’t her first time in the KSAT newsroom– the San Antonio native spent the summer of 2017 as an intern. Daniela is a proud Mean Green alum, earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Texas.
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