She wants to pursue a career in medicine and, in about a year’s time, she’ll begin the process of choosing a university. There’s one person she leans on more than most for advice in such decisions – her mother, Magdalene Menyongaro, 48, who came to the US from Liberia 24 years ago, fleeing the country’s civil war. Gabrielle’s father, also Liberian, died in a car wreck about three years ago when she and her parents lived in another state. Menyongaro is one of roughly 4,000 Liberians in the US who hold a protected immigration status known as Deferred Enforced Departure (DED). Last Thursday, Minnesota’s governor, Mark Dayton, a Democrat, wrote the president a public letter asking him to reconsider his decision, saying many DED holders “are part of the social fabric of Minnesota”.

Source: The Guardian April 01, 2018 09:56 UTC