Friends To End

Alonso Guillen, a 31-year-old disc jockey, was a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which assists undocumented immigrants who came to the U. S. as children. Trump will likely announce Tuesday that he will end the widely supported program, but will delay implementation of the order for six months to give Congress a window to act, multiple outlets report.Born in Piedras Negras, Mexico, Alonso moved to Lufkin, Texas, as a teenager, according to The Houston Chronicle. Alonso disappeared last Wednesday around midnight along with two friends after their boat hit a bridge in Cypress Creek in Spring, Texas. One friend was found alive and clinging to a tree, but days later Alonso and his friend were still missing, according to the newspaper. Searchers first spotted his body on Friday afternoon, but were only able to get him to shore on Sunday.His father, Jesus Guillen, told the Chronicle that there was no convincing his son not to go out and help as many people as he could. As they pulled him out of the water, Jesus says he cried and prayed.“Thank you, God,” he said, “for the time I had with him.”RELATED VIDEO: Hurricane Harvey: Before and After Footage Shows Damage to HoustonCompelled to act as flood waters rose, Alonso headed south with his friends toward Houston after Hurricane Harvey, and brought along a borrowed boat. They were trying to reach an apartment complex when they hit the bridge, relatives told the newspaper.Alonso’s mother, Rita Ruiz de Guillen, who lives in Piedreas Negras, Mexico, said by phone that she was heartbroken — and unsure whether she could travel to the U.S. following his death.“I’ve lost a great son, you have no idea,” she said. “I’m asking God to give me strength.”Still in the application process for legal status, she told the Chronicle she traveled to the border hoping U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials would grant her a humanitarian visa so that she could come to Houston to bury her son — but she was turned away.“When we are with God, there are no borders,” she said. “Man made borders on ... (PEOPLE.com)

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF/WRGT) -- Hundreds of thousands of people could face eventual deportation if President Donald Trump ends the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as he's expected to do on Tuesday. The DACA program effects all children of illegal immigrants, but greatly impacts the Mexican community as they make up a large portion of the people benefitting from the program. Now, those people face an uncertain future.Crystal Martinez was born in the United States, and raised in her heritage. She works at the Las Penas Mexican Restaurant in Miamisburg. She fears for her friends, who to her, are like family.“We have this thing, and it's traditional, if one person can eat out of one plate, everyone can have a bite,” Martinez said of the family nature of Mexican culture, “My friends, they have permission to work here because of DACA.”DACA began in 2012, and allows children under 16 years-old, who came here illegally as a minor, to learn and work in the country by deferring deportation for two years. When it expires they can apply for renewal.“1981 is the cutoff date for having been born to come into the country based on the act,” Cedarville University Professor Marc Clausen said.Clauson said roughly 800,000 people rely on the program, and President Trump is expected to end it with one caveat.“A six-month delay, in that six-month delay, I don't expect anyone to be deported,” Clauson said.He believes it's future falls on congress, and not the President, who is following his own code.“He promised to deal rigorously with immigration issues,” Clauson said.For Crystal, the end of DACA may mean one less person sharing the plate.“My friends were babies, newborns, they are so used to being here in the United States, so I don't understand, what's the difference?” Martinez questioned.Clausen said even if the program ends, and is not altered in congress, it could take years to find and successfully deport hundreds of thousands of people. (WRGT TV Fox 45)