'A nightmare': flight attendant with Daca status held after flying for work

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https://news.yahoo.com/apos-nightmare-apos-flight-attendant-050011235.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_11

Saavedra Roman entered the US from Peru 25 years ago, when she was three, with parents who did not have documentation. As such she is a Dreamer, a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status, or Daca. Therefore, under Trump administration rules implemented in 2017, she is barred from traveling outside the US.

The Mesa flight was the first time she had left the US. Naturally, before the flight she was concerned this would jeopardize her Daca status.

[She told her new employer that she could not fly to Mexico or Canada but Mesa Airlines assured her that flying to Mexico would not be a problem.]

It turned out her concerns were valid. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials detained the 28-year-old, despite her status and lack of a criminal record, and she spent more than a month in the Montgomery processing center in Conroe, Texas.

Eventually, her plight was noticed by Hillary Clinton, who recommended followers sign a MoveOn.org petition calling for her release. On Friday evening, Saavedra Roman was let go.

The only good use for trump is as a bad example.

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1. "her plight was noticed by Hillary Clinton..."

Good work Madam President