Steve Li: another DREAM student fighting deportation
UPDATED Nov. 28: Steve Li came to the US on a tourist visa at the age of 11 with his parents, who first fled China’s one-child policy and were then escaping political turmoil in Peru, the country where Steve was born. As most young children would do, Steve adopted and embraced the new country as his own; he became an honors student who graduated high school and dreamed of completing nursing school and opening his own clinic. His future was interrupted when Steve was arrested and sent to an Arizona detention facility to await deportation. 
Steve is now back in San Francisco, thanks to the amazing support he received from hundreds of people and to direct intervention from Sen. Diane Feinstein. He is now applying for a work visa while he still hopes that one day his dream of becoming a nurse will come true.
Steve Li is a 20 year old student at the City College of San Francisco. He is ethnically Chinese but was born in Peru, and was brought to the United States when he was only 12 years old. He is an honors student, a campus leader, and actively involved in his church. He is currently working towards a degree for a career in nursing.
In September, Steve and his family were arrested in an immigration raid at their home in San Francisco. It was not until then that Steve learned he had been ordered for deportation when he was 15 years old when his parents’ appeal for asylum was denied.
Steve was detained in Arizona for two months waiting to be deported at any moment to Peru, where he has no family or friends. Steve would be homeless upon arrival. Steve is a San Franciscan: he attended Francisco Middle School, graduated from Washington High School, and was working hard to support his family and to contribute to this community. Steve is now back in San Francisco, thanks to the amazing support he received from hundreds of people and to direct intervention from Sen. Feinstein. He is now applying for a working visa while hoping that, one day, his dream will come true.
