Dulce Garcia

Dulce García, a dreamer, has lived most of her life as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, but with the help of a travel permit, she was able to return to Mexico. NBC 7’s Catherine Garcia reports.

Dulce García, a dreamer, has lived most of her life as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, but with the help of a travel permit, she was able to return to Mexico, albeit only for a short time.

The founder of one of San Diego’s most prevalent immigration activist groups, Border Angels, has been on paid leave from the organization and no longer serves as its executive director, a spokesperson told NBC 7.

When California passed a law creating a driver’s license for undocumented residents, applicants were told their information would not be used against them. Now, license-holders and applicants fear immigration officers are finding where they live from DMV records to make deportation arrests.

Dulce Garcia, a local immigration lawyer – and a Dreamer herself – is among six DACA recipients suing the president over the revocation. In January, an injunction was issued by a California federal judge ordering the government to continue accepting applications.

An Oak Park family of 17 is reaching out to the community for help, after losing everything they own in a fire.

When fire swept through an Oak Park home before sunrise Wednesday, three families and their pets managed to escape.