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...days following the news of his detainment and possible deportation to Mexico, Balderas has publicized his support for legislation that he views as one of his few lifelines to remain in the United States: the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or the DREAM Act, which would potentially offer a six-year-long conditional path toward U.S. citizenship...
Ohno said that Balderas would have had to return to Mexico and apply for a student visa, upon which he would be barred for 10 years by the U.S. government due to existing records of his illegal residence in the United States...
Even if Balderas were to fulfill the 10-year-miniumum bar, the chances of an actual return would be slim—as a result, Ohno, a proponent of the DREAM Act, said he believes that Balderas should be allowed to stay in the country...
Though Beck said he believes that students like Balderas need a legal remedy for their undocumented status, he added that the remedy has to create as small a negative impact on the legal residents in the United States as possible—which the DREAM Act, as currently proposed, would not provide...
...Beck said, the amnesty would create incentives for more people to break the law, and people who did break the law—the parents who brought over their children—should not be able to benefit from the amnesty...