{"id":68004,"date":"2018-02-28T15:08:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=68004"},"modified":"2018-02-28T15:08:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:08:16","slug":"deportation-threatens-american-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/deportation-threatens-american-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Deportation threatens American dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<link href='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/soundcite\/latest\/css\/player.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text\/css'><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/soundcite\/latest\/js\/soundcite.min.js'><\/script><strong>By Viola Du<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Living with a loving wife, two daughters, a cat and a dog in a house he owns in Berwyn, Donald Ortega achieved all the dreams he could imagine when he first crossed the border and came to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Ortega, 34, is Salvadoran and a beneficiary of the Temporary Protected Status program. He arrived in\u00a0America when he was 16, learned English and worked multiple jobs over the years. In 2007, Ortega married Karol, a Mexican American and she\u00a0gave birth to their daughters Michelle and Emily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m living as an American,\u201d Ortega said. \u201cJust living the American dream until &#8211;\u00a0 until just now, I would say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On January 8, President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration announced that it will end\u00a0the Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, of about 200,000 Salvadorans who have come to the United States since 2001.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"American Dreams On Deportation\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/257752687?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nOrtega is one of the TPS recipients who faces deportation when the TPS permits expire in 2019 under the new policy.<\/p>\n<p>Ortega, like many others, faces a wrenching decision:\u00a0whether to live apart from his family if he has to leave the U.S. His wife and two daughters have never been to El Salvador. Ortega said he would not want to take his family back to his country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife doesn\u2019t realize how hard this could be,\u201d Ortega said. \u201cFor her to survive what I survive is not (possible).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortega lived in a small village in El Salvador with a population of about 40 people. His brother was a police officer and was killed in gang related violence.<\/p>\n<p>In order to stay in the United States, Ortega will have to file his case to apply for green card. If he doesn\u2019t win his case, he will be deported back to El Salvador long before he can refile. The wait time to refile is 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be 40 something years old when that case comes,\u201d Ortega said. \u201cThe United States is going to be totally different.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #efefef; padding: 10px;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Temporary Protected Status<br \/>\nand what will happen if it ends?<\/h3>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68225\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/Salgado.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/Salgado.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/Salgado-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/Salgado-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/Salgado-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maria Salgado is a legal assistant at Centro Romero, an organization &#8220;that serves the refugee immigrant population on the northeast side of Chicago&#8221;. Salgado has been working with TPS related cases for years. She now talks about the program and the ramification of ending the program.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"soundcite\" data-id=\"405792117\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"80332\" data-plays=\"1\">What are the options for TPS recipient?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chicago &#8211; Sanctuary City<\/p>\n<p>Chicago became a sanctuary city in 2012 and the status was reaffirmed in 2016. The program protects residents&#8217; rights to access city services regardless of immigration status. Police officers cannot arrest someone solely based on immigration status.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"soundcite\" data-id=\"405795009\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"28397\" data-plays=\"1\">Chicago is a Sanctuary city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Salvadoran TPS recipients are resilient<\/p>\n<p>There are more than 4,000 TPS beneficiaries in Illinois, according to the Congressional Research Service.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"soundcite\" data-id=\"405795246\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"64292\" data-plays=\"1\">If it ends, it ends. We are sticking around until they kick me out. And if they kick me out, we will figure it out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We all lose as a community.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a big age range and varieties of job positions they hold.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"soundcite\" data-id=\"405795591\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"41433\" data-plays=\"1\">Not only do they lose, but we all lose as a community<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Donald Ortega interacts with his family at his Berwyn home. (Viola Du\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Viola Du Medill Reports Living with a loving wife, two daughters, a cat and a dog in a house he owns in Berwyn, Donald Ortega achieved all the dreams he could imagine when he first crossed the border and came to the United States. 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