Alberto Yañez: Washington State father faces deportation
(from Change.org) The latest Washington DREAMer to be caught In the ICE deportation web is Alberto Yañez of Elma, Washington. Alberto has lived in the United States since he was 1 ½ years old. He moved from Los Angeles to Washington when he was 17 and is now 24 years old.
His student background is exemplary. His goal is to become a Pharmacy Technician.
When in 3rd grade he was placed in the gifted program. In high school he took college courses and was also award a scholarship for a summer course at UCLA after his freshman year in high school.
His family moved to the state of Washington for his senior year where he immediately enrolled in Running Start allowing him to complete his AA degree from South Puget Sound Community College six months after graduating from high school. He enrolled in Evergreen State College, where he was able to complete 5 quarters. He was working full time at the same time.
At this point he needed to withdraw due to lack of money and the need to support his family. He started his own business to allow the flexibility necessary for a return to college to complete his degree and to meet the requirements necessary for his chosen career, that of Pharmacy Technician. He is now studying at Clover Park Technical College to get his Pharmacy Technician credentials. In spite of all his family responsibilities and working two jobs, he got 3 A’s and one B in his first quarter in this program.
He is the father to three US citizen children, ages 4, 19 months, and 5 weeks. He also has 2 US citizen brothers.
On November 16, 2010 everything changed when he was detained by ICE at his home then spent approximately 30 days in the Tacoma Detention Center. His next scheduled hearing date with ICE is July 7th, when he could be deported. Go here to find out how to help Alberto get deferred action.
