DACA applicant is hoping for immigration reform under the administration of Biden

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With new guidelines and laws in the works, the Biden administration is pulling back on former President Donald Trump’s measures against immigration and refugee asylum. Alondra Saldana Castillo dreams of working and settling in the USA with her own family. She is applying for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), a program for which she was recently out of the question. “I was very nervous about the application process,” said Saldana Castillo. The sixteen-year-old said she had a quintessentially American teenage life, but noticed differences between her and her colleagues. “I always thought I could get a job like everyone else and get my driver’s license like everyone else, but as I got older I realized I didn’t have it,” said Saldana Castillo. Saldana Castillo immigrated to the United States with her mother from Mexico when she was only one. “That’s all I ever knew,” said Saldana Castillo. Her mother did not start working until she was 8 years old and was never given an education. “She didn’t want me to live the life she went through,” said Saldana Castillo. In June, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end the DACA, and Alondra’s immigration attorney Julia Cryne said a December ruling in federal court reopened the application process, allowing children like Alondra to be eligible again. “We were able to help new applicants apply for DACA,” said Cryne. Several immigration and refugee programs were rolled back under the Trump administration to reduce the number of people entering the United States. The guidelines began to change and the guidelines and requirements were tightened. Cryne said an elusive “no space” policy for requests is particularly problematic for their customers. “If someone lives in a house, they would leave the line ‘apartment’ blank and get a rejection,” said Cryne. Cryne hopes President Biden’s recent order to end the travel ban and raise the limit to 125,000 refugees entering the US are allowed to come, suggests immigration reform. “DACA is a great program, but it’s not a permanent program at the end of the day,” said Cryne. “It only has temporary benefits, and as we’ve seen, those benefits can end.” Saldana Castillo is now waiting to see if her DACA application will be approved. “She is someone who believes in making her dreams come true,” said Cryne. “It is not often easy and in some cases it requires sacrifice.”