Monday, January 13, 2025
Meet Ezekiel Pacheco, the First DACA Recipient to Lead a Hollywood Film
IMDb describes the film At the Gates follows:
"A housekeeper from El Salvador brings her son to help her clean an affluent family's Los Angeles home. After being told by her employers that immigration officers are searching for her, she accepts the invitation to shelter in their house."
The film stars Ezekiel Pacheco as the housekeeper's son: "At the Gates also resonated with Pacheco on a very personal level. Born in the small town of Ayutla de los Libres in the southern part of Mexico, Pacheco was brought to the United States when he was only 11 months old. In 2012, Pacheco, who was 14 years old at the time, learned that then-President Barack Obama’s immigration policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) would allow him to stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation." Meet Ezekiel Pacheco, the First DACA Recipient to Lead a Hollywood Film by Kiko Martinez.
KJ
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2025/01/meet-ezekiel-pacheco-the-first-daca-recipient-to-lead-a-hollywood-film.html