Edgar Waskes Silva is a Sheriff Deputy with a thick southern accent and has an American dream that has been in the years. But he is not an American citizen, not yet.
“I am Edgar Waskes Silva. I am a deputy to the Stone County Sheriff Office,” Silva said, I am proudly speaking about my service for Vignins, Mississippi, Law Enforcement Agency in an interview with Fox News Digital.
As a postponed action for the recipient of the childhood, the policy of Obama-era, which aims to provide a route for citizenship and citizenship for those who illegally enter America illegally, but now only provides temporary security from the exile and the work authority-their visit to the law was easy away.
The story of Silva is one of the patriotic, service and intensive faith in the country he calls home.
Born in Mexico and brought to America at the age of 3, with no alternative to Silva Mississippi. He worked in landscaping and construction jobs at high school, unable to work professionally due to his unspecified position.
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Edgar Waskes Silva was brought from Mexico to America at the age of 3. He credits the status of his DACA recipient with his ability to serve in law enforcement. (Edgar Waskes Silva)
After receiving DACA protection in 2012, he was able to get a driver’s license, a social security number and valid employment. He rose through management roles before chasing his dream of law enforcement.
“I went to a couple’s ride and I was bent,” he said. “This was what I was to be.”
Although patrol is restricted from duties, which requires a gun carrying a gun due to its non-citizen status and state law, Silva discovers other ways to contribute, especially as a bilingual officer serving Hispanic communities who may sometimes be afraid of the police.
During the traffic stop, Silva recalled some Latin residents, saying, “They look like they are scared.” “I have to tell them, ‘Hey y’all, calm down, we are not immigration.”
Their Spanish flow often makes them a bridge between officials and nervous families.
“They translate their child to parents until I will not reach there,” he missed. “Once I was there, they were able to open more, and I could help my partner understand what was really going.”
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The Silva Stone County Sheriff runs with one of the youngest visitors of the office. (Edgar Waskes Silva)
Silva’s role in the department is widely respected, especially by his boss.
Stone County Sheriff Todd Stewart, who took office in January 2024, said, “He is working with us … Okay, he was already here, before I take office.” “He does our transport (s) and then helps beliefs when we are on bail. He wants to enter the law enforcement, but he is prohibited by some laws in the state law, which he is trying to overcome, but it is difficult to do so.”
Stewart clarified that he supports Silva’s career ambitions: “Yes, of course.”
He also praised the presence of Silva around the office, saying, “We raise on it, as we choose other depots. We have an excellent employee here in Stone County, Mississippi, and we all meet well … When it is time for business, we handle the business, but when it does not, we have a good time with a good time, and we have a good time, and a big time, we have a good time, It is a big part. “
Silva expressed gratitude to what the DACA allowed him to do: working, paying taxes and staying without constant fear of exile, but he is disappointed at how limited the program is.
Deputy Edgar Waskes Silva Vignins, Miss at Stone County Sheriff Office. (Edgar Waskes Silva)
“For the last 13 years, they are trying to find a solution, but we always hit a dead end,” he said. “I am very grateful to DACA, but it’s not permanent.”
If DACA reform is given a chance to talk with President Donald Trump, Silva said that he would be emotional, but respectable.
“I will probably be in tears. I would say to my President, ‘Sir, I love this country. And I pray that you can fix with DACA so that we can become American and become a property for you.”
Stewart echoed the feeling he would directly say to the President.
“Okay, I will just tell him that we need to complete it. You know, he is fond of that robbery, a dreamer, and he only knows America. He has grown up in America. I think his mother brought him more belongings, but should not punish him, who has been an important member of society in his whole life,” he said. “He has a social security card, he works hard and he pays taxes. Therefore, you know, there should be a way for citizenship.”
Silva also said that he is “not worried” that he can be deported under Trump.
Silva said, “I am not worried.” This is written in our immigration laws. “
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President Donald Trump and DACA supporters (Getty image)
During the first Trump administration, there were attempts to abolish the DACA, but Trump said in the statements that the administration announced that it would exclude the DACA after the dreams for the dreamers to live in the US, the federal courts stepped down, allowing the current recipients to renew their position.
In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration’s attempt to abolish DACA was not properly tried. This kept the program alive but without a long -term solution or route to citizenship. New applications were stopped, and 500,000 recipients were left in the legal limb.
Recently, on 17 January, the US Court of Appeals issued a decision on the DACA final rule for the 5th circuit. According to the court order, DACA will continue to accept and process the DACA renewal requests and applications for the USCIS work permit.
While the USCIS is still accepting the initial DACA requests, it will not process them at this time. The current Daca security and work permits remain valid until they are finished, until a person’s position is particularly canceled.
Trump addressed the dilemma facing Dreams in an interview on NBC’s “Meat the Press” in December, told hosts Christon Velkar that he would be ready to work with Democrats on a plan for DACA recipients, which would “succeed, in many cases, they have great jobs,” he said.
“I do. I want to be able to do some work, and it should have been able to work in the last three or four years, and it never worked,” Trump said. “I think we can work with Democrats and do some work.”
Stone County Sheriff Office Cruiser in Stone County, Miss. (Stone County Sheriff Office / Facebook)
Asked if he had faced a backlash about his immigration status, Silva said he is not.
“I never came to me and said,” You are not here. ” Many of my friends who have grown up are R.
He also addressed a common misconception like getting married for citizenship.
“If I marry someone, this is because I love that person, not because I want anything. I am very American for it.”
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For Silva, the American dream is more than a phrase; This is his life.
“This country gives us everything that we need to live for free,” he said. “No other country does what we do. You work and pay for what you earn. People born here should be really proud.”
The White House did not immediately respond to the request of Fox News Digital for comment in Silva’s case.
Chris Pandolopho of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
