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Santa Fe student one of thousands of young immigrants obtaining work permits — and a two-year reprieve from deportation — through Deferred Action program
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Hunter says signs would keep hikers in the loop Santa Fe native has been hunting in Aspen Vista area for 15 years
Edith Juárez, 18, of Santa Fe is pictured in her home Wednesday. At age 5, Edith came from Ciudad Juárez to live with her grandparents in Santa Fe to escape an abusive father. She has applied for a work permit to live and work legally in the U.S.
By Staci Matlock The New Mexican
Story by Uriel J. Garcia Photos by Luis Sánchez Saturno The New Mexican
A hunter and a hiker who recently exchanged a few heated words on the popular Aspen Vista Trail north of Santa Fe may not agree on much, but they both think it would help everyone on the trail if signs were posted noting hunting is allowed. Jason, a wildlife biologist who asked that his last name not be used because of potential conflicts with his job, was one of three hunters who were coming down the Aspen Vista Trail last week with a deer one of them had bagged with a muzzle loader when they were questioned by hikers. “Multiple people were totally surprised to see us up there,” said Jason, who said he does not work for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. When a couple took him to task for hunting near the trail, Jason said he explained that the deer was actually shot more than a mile from the trail. He also said he told the hikers that hunters with game licenses are legally allowed to hunt in the area, which is near the Santa Fe ski basin. Jason is one of thousands of hunters who hike into New Mexico’s public lands looking to bag deer, elk, turkey and other game. In the multiple-use national forests, hunters share the land and trails with hikers, runners and mountain bikers. The Department of Game and Fish estimates more than 28,000 deer hunters and 32,000 elk hunters will be in the field from September through December. As many as 25,000 hunters are anticipated to try for squirrels, upland and migratory birds, and waterfowl during the year. In New Mexico, only one national forest ranger district restricts the type of hunting allowed in the area. The Sandia Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest allows bow hunting but prohibits hunting with rifles. The ranger district encompasses the west side of the
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dith Juárez was playing with her dolls outside her house in Ciudad Juárez one afternoon 13 years ago, when she heard yelling. She ran inside, where she saw her father, a knife in his hand, approach her mother and push the woman against a wall. Juárez’s grandparents, who were visiting, separated the couple before her mother was injured. That’s when Juárez’s mother, Guillermina Juárez, decided her daughter would be safer living with her grandparents in America. She got the 5-year-old a tourist visa to cross the border at El Paso. Edith Juárez’s grandparents were waiting for her on the U.S. side to take her to their home in Santa Fe, where they have resided legally for decades. Now 18 and a student at Santa Fe High School, Edith Juárez said she couldn’t live the life the family wanted for her if she had stayed in Mexico with an abusive
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Three hunters on Aspen Vista Trail last week. Hunting is legal in the area. The Department of Game and Fish estimates more than 28,000 deer hunters and 32,000 elk hunters will be in the field from September through December.
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father. “I grew up with a lot of violence,” she said. But with no path of her own to legal residency, Edith Juárez overstayed her visa, an option chosen by many immigrants, and has been living in the U.S. without proper legal documents ever since. Now Juárez is applying for a twoyear work permit under the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. And she is getting some help from other Santa Feans. The program, now in its second year, has provided a spark of hope for immigrants between the ages of 15 and 30 who came to the U.S. as children, allowing them legal status through work permits. But taking advantage of the opportunity has not been easy. Many young immigrants, including Juárez, have found it difficult to gather enough money to pay
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Obituaries Connie L. Bell, 56, Santa Fe, Oct. 9 Paul David Craighead, 59, Santa Fe, July 8 Antonio Hernandez Guerra, 84, Oct. 4 Martha K. Iwaski, Santa Fe, Sept. 29 John “Jack” Amrhein LeVan, 93, Sept. 26 Sofia Lopez, 103, Las Trampas, Sept. 29 Angie F. Roybal, 75, Oct. 7 Regina Szafranko, 75, Oct. 5 Linda G. Turner, 72, Santa Fe, Oct. 10 James “Jimmy” Urioste, 87, Oct. 6 PAgE C-2, C-3
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DEFERRED ACTION FOR ChILDhOOD ARRIvALS WHO QUALIFIES u Between 15 and 30 years of age before June 2012. u Entered the U.S. before turning 16 years of age. u Lived in the U.S. continuously from June 15, 2012, to now. u Entered the U.S. without inspection or lawful immigration status expired on June 15, 2012. u Currently in school, graduated from high school or obtained a GED degree u Has no felonies, serious misdemeanors or doesn’t pose a threat to national security or public safety. In order to prove you have lived in the U.S. continuously since June 2012 and entered the country before the age 16, immigration officials require physical evidence. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website, officials accept school records, utility bills, bank statements, a high school diploma and medical records, among other documents. For more information, visit www.uscis.gov.
Voices of solace, gone in an upgrade Families mourn loss of voice mails from dead loved ones By Tom Coyne
The Associated Press
When her 19-year-old daughter died of injuries sustained in a Mother’s Day car crash five years ago, Lisa Moore sought comfort from the teenager’s cellphone. She would call daughter Alexis’ phone number to listen to her greeting. Sometimes she’d leave a message, telling her daughter how much she loved her. “Just because I got to hear her voice, I’m thinking ‘I heard her.’ It was like we had a conversation. That sounds crazy. It was like we had a conversation and I was
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OK,” the Terre Haute, Ind., resident said. Moore and her husband, Tom, have spent $1,700 over the past five years to keep their daughter’s cellphone service so they could preserve her voice. But now they’re grieving again because the voice that provided solace has been silenced as part of a Sprint upgrade. “I just relived this all over again because this part of me was just ripped out again. It’s gone. Just like I’ll never ever see her again, I’ll never ever hear her voice on the telephone again,” said Lisa Moore, who discovered the deletion when she called the number after dreaming her daughter was alive in a hospital.
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