Man Who Drowned Trying to Save Harvey Victims Benefited from the DACA Program Trump Wants to End
Let's not forget that DACA stories are human stories.
A 31-year-old man who benefitted from the DACA program President Donald Trump is expected to end reportedly drowned while trying to save others from deadly floodwaters that besieged Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
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.
