Senate Moves to Recognize Dreamers' US Educational Degrees in Mexico Rafael Bernal - The Hill
go to original February 27, 2017

More than two dozen young immigrants made a trip to Mexico over the holidays to reunite with long-lost family. The trip was made possible under an Obama administration program that is now in jeopardy under new President Donald Trump. (Associated Press)

The Mexican Senate will discuss a bill to help people deported from the U.S. to Mexico cut through red tape to get their American educational degrees recognized in the country.

Mexicans who study abroad often have trouble validating American degrees at home.

Senators will discuss proposed changes to the measure originally introduced by President Enrique Peña Nieto, reported Reforma newspaper.

The move is especially relevant for so-called "Dreamers" — recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. To qualify for DACA, undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children have to prove they are either in school or have completed at least high school.

Although President Trump's immigration orders and subsequent Department of Homeland Security implementation memos explicitly kept DACA in place, the administration has sent signals the program's days could be numbered.

Dreamers with an American education could be competitive in the Mexican labor market, where English language skills are relatively scarce but often necessary.

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Related: In Mexico, Momentum Grows to Put Out Welcome Mat for 'Dreamers' (Christian Science Monitor)

Related: Mexican Universities Say They’ll Take in Any Students Who Get Deported (Seattle Weekly)

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