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An Important Day for Dreamers : DACA Recipient Luis Grijalva Heads to the Olympics

Copy Link  (Courtesy Northern Arizona University Athletics) Luis Grijalva the first known DACA recipient to qualify for the Olympics headed to Tokyo Friday to compete in next week s 5,000 meter-race, representing his native Guatemala. At this time last week, the Northern Arizona University track star wasn’t sure if U.S. immigration authorities would grant him permission to travel, despite qualifying for the race last month at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, where he ran an impressive 13:13.14. Only on Monday was Grijalva granted emergency permission to leave the country, after showing up in person with his attorney at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Phoenix.

His DACA Status Almost Dashed His Olympic Hopes He Just Got The All-Clear

Shane Bevel / NCAA Photos via Getty Images Luis Grijalva was running against the clock but this time it wasn t on a track. The Northern Arizona University track star qualified in June to run at the Tokyo Olympics representing his home country of Guatemala. But leaving the United States to compete abroad wasn t an option. Grijalva is a DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, recipient. He was born in Guatemala but came to the U.S. at the age of one. If he left the U.S. without a special permit from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Office, he would be self-deporting and would not be allowed back. But the process of obtaining a permit, known as advance parole, can take months.

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