Will Business Student, Jorge-Alonso Chehade, Graduate and Pay Taxes, or be Deported Next Week?

America's Voice Blog

Posted 09/16/09 at 01:40pm

Jorge-Alonso Chehade came to the US from Peru eight years ago and is now being deported after Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him when he and a friend accidentally crossed the Canadian border – an incident that happened because the two of them were trying not to violate traffic laws, which ironically led to his arrest and sadly, his pending deportation.

Watch his call to action here:

Alonso will have to leave the United States unless DHS halts his deportation, scheduled for September 24.

And unfortunately, deporting talented individuals has become the order of the day. Alonso is one of many who have come to the United States as children, gripping to their parents’ hopes that life will be better for them here than at “home” – an allusion to a country that many of these students don’t even know.

Now, this individual who graduated from High School with honors, attended Community College, and had the ambition to transfer to the University of Washington where he received a bachelors degree in Business Administration, may be forced to return to a country that’s far from home. He writes, on his Facebook Support Group:

I am very grateful to the many opportunities that America has offered me and I am ready to give back. This is why I would like to stay in the country, work, pay taxes, and bring change by joining all national efforts in support of the DREAM Act.

Help Alonso overcome his challenge by signing his petition, circulating it to your friends, and by joining his Facebook group for updates.

UPDATE: Click here to read a letter from Frank Sharry, America's Voice executive director, to DHS Secretary, Janet Napolitano, on behalf of Jorge-Alonso.