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All rights reserved. bostonirish.com December 2016 BOSTON IRISH RePORTeR Page 3 GOP win stokes anxiety among Irish who have overstayed visas By Peter F. StevenS other immigrants who have overstayed panic immigrants, Trump also pledged before they are endangering the status BIr StaFF are low-hanging fruit for the govern- to deport all foreigners who have stayed of what for all practical purposes are Perhaps unwittingly, Irish Americans ment,” adding that “I’ve been doing this too long on their temporary visas. American kids.” who voted for Donald Trump have placed [immigration law] for years now, but I’ve Trump voters include millions of Irish According to the Irish Times, Anne a large number of Irish immigrants in never seen so much fear in the immigrant Americans who cheered him on with Anderson, Ireland’s Ambassador to jeopardy of immediate deportation. community.” his strident stance against Hispanics, the US, commented on the dilemma a The president-elect Trump, during his Foley relates that since Jan. 12, 2009, but many of these same people appear week or so after Trump’s victory: “The post-election 60 Minutes interview with Irish citizens coming to the United States taken aback at the prospect that men, immigration issue is, of course, so live. Lesley Stahl, reaffirmed some of his hard- through the Visa Waiver Program have women, and children from the “old sod” We know about the large numbers of un- line campaign rhetoric about moving been required to file an application face the nearing prospect of summary documented Irish that have been living firmly to deport millions of immigrants, through the Electronic System for Travel deportation by a Trump administration. in the shadows. Many of them now are a move that apparently would open the Authorization, or ESTA. In effect, this is Foley points out that throughout the living in fear, and that is a huge issue.” door for US Immigration Services to sum- their travel permit. ESTA is not a US visa presidential campaign, Trump asserted Several Trump surrogates claim that marily deport immigrants who came to and applies only to foreigners visiting that he will revoke every one of President his focus will be on illegal immigrants the US on short-stay permits but have the United States by plane or ship. Any Barack Obama’s executive orders, which who have criminal backgrounds. Those overstayed them by months and years. travelers entering by these modes must include Deferred Action for Childhood words ring hollow, however, to crit- A great many Irish men and women provide a “valid machine-readable pass- Arrivals, or DACA. To the fury of the ics who counter that Trump has not fall into this category, and under the port or ePassport,” according to ESTA Republican Congress, DACA has allowed backed away from his promise to kick strictures of the permit, those who signed guidelines. If someone from Ireland tries some three million children brought to out immigrants who have overstayed them agreed to waive any recourse to to take a US-bound flight without an the US by undocumented parents to their visas. On the campaign trail, he judicial process. Immigration officers approved ESTA Travel Authorization or come out of the shadows with legal sta- branded them as people who had played can arrest them, jail them, and summar- a valid US Visitor Visa, he or she might tus to remain in America without fear the system by grabbing every entitle- ily put them on a plane to their country not be allowed to board. If individuals of deportation. ment—welfare, food stamps, etc.—they of origin. overstay their allotted time—for the “If Trump keeps his promise to over- could find. Of course, aware that some John P. Foley, Esq., one of Boston’s Irish it was good for two years—they turn DACA,” Foley says, “he’s talking 40 million Americans claim Irish descent, pre-eminent immigration law attorneys, are considered to be permanently out about kicking out kids who all have he singled out Hispanics, conveniently told the BIR in a recent interview that of the system and subject to immediate clean records, are good students, and sidestepping any overt references to the short-stay visas contain “fine print deportation. are positive in every way to America.” Irish illegals. that means you [i.e., immigrants on As is the case with so many illegal He adds, “A lot of these kids are Irish.” Foley raises another issue: Trump’s these permits] have no right to tradi- immigrants from Mexico, Central and Obama is deeply concerned that Trump pledge that directly targets Irish stu- tional processing and can be removed Latin America, Asia, and other parts of will dispense with DACA. With regard dents in Boston and throughout the US. non-administratively from the US.” He the globe, overstaying Irish immigrants to the Irish-American immigrant com- During the campaign, he vowed to end adds that “the immigration courts are have worked and raised families over munity, the simple fact is those who have the J-1 Student Work Program. Given already overflowing, and going after the years in the US. Having launched overstayed their visas in recent years that, young Irish men and women study- people on short-stay permits offer the his successful presidential campaign face the same fate as undocumented ing and working here face the reality that government an easy way to remove a with a harsh anti-immigrant stance in Hispanics and other groups. they might be forced to return home even lot of immigrants.” which he vowed to build a wall on the In a post-election press conference though they have done nothing wrong. In other words, he says, “The Irish and Mexican border to keep out “rapists, Obama urged Trump and his pending drug-dealers,” and all other illegal His- administration “to think long and hard Four get Silver Keys Walsh: City to defend from Charitable Irish everyone’s civil rights Boston Mayor Marty that is happening in parts The Charitable Irish and Ireland over decades Walsh is pledging to sup- of America today and I Society presented Silver of service.