Immigrant-Heavy Areas: Immigrants and Fear Deportation

immigrant-heavy areas: In immigrant-heavy areas like Los Angeles and Phoenix, activists are scrambling to provide informational meetings for immigrants to help them protect themselves from deportation, according to Brandon Sun. Others want legal immigrants to apply for citizenship so they can eventually obtain legal status for relatives. Now, many immigrants in the country illegally, or with relatives who are, fear deportation and separation from their families. The more we can naturalize people and stabilize our families and root our communities the better, said Julio Perez, executive director of California Orange County Labor Federation, which is sponsoring naturalization events in response to the election. The Phoenix mother of three says deferred action allowed her to work and graduate with a biochemistry degree from Arizona State University in 2015. Here are stories from some immigrants who fear what a Trump presidency could bring WORKING NOW BUT FEARING DEPORTATIONKarina Ruiz, 32, is one of 741,000 immigrants benefiting from the program launched by President Barack Obama called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. It allows young adults to get work permits, Social Security numbers and protects them from deportation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.