Homeland Security Will Allow Most Of The DREAM 9 Activists To Pursue Asylum

Seven of the nine undocumented activists held in an Arizona detention center have been found to have enough grounds to pursue political asylum.

The seven were in a group of nine Mexicans who at various times – some recently – lived illegally in the United States, left and then tried to re-enter on July 22 as part of a widely-publicized protest against U.S. deportation policies.

They have come to be known as DREAM 9. The seven immigrants are likely to be released from detention in Arizona and could be eligible for a work permit in the future.

The preliminary approval is highly unusual because it is rare for the U.S. government to grant asylum to Mexican citizens.

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