Hi guys. So I just got paroled back into the U.S. 5am at JFK airport in New York. Was in the Dom Rep for two weeks visiting my grandmother who has osteoporosis. The process was as smile as can be. You take the visitor lines as all the people with permits and visas. When I get called up I present my passport to the CBP agent. he takes me to "the interrogation room". No questions asked. We're there for no more than 5 minutes when the agent stamps my passport and my parole document. He calls my name to get my documents and that's it. LITERALLY THAT WAS ALL. NO QUESTIONS NO INTERROGATION NO INTERVIEW. No two hour wait. It was 5am so I guess that helped but guys it was as simple as can be.

I'm married to a USC but He stamped DAS so I'm guessing "deferred action status". There are different ways to get AP I'm guessing when they stamp "AOS" is when you're doing the green card/petition but since I haven't started that yet he just wrote DAS. I'm also guessing they were so lax because it was JFK with so many flights from all over the world I'm sure they're already used to seeing parole documents and didn't have to ask much on it. They only question I got was when I was leaving after getting my bags. At the last checkpoint an agent asked how did I got AP I told him I was in DACA. (He also knew what DACA was. didn't have to explain). "Ok welcome back" and that was it.

I traveled with my wife a USC for moral support and so she can meet my family. It was an incredible experience. I couldn't stop crying all the way through customs in the dom rep. It was like I was leaving for 21 years all over again. But I remembered this was what I wanted. Yes it was hard, one of the most difficult things I had to do in life, leaving the friends and family in the U.S. with no guarantee of returning. And again leaving friends and family in the Dominican Republic. I was torn but with that I recommend that anyone who has an EWI status or a misrepresentation as a minor (as I did) do the AP process. It's going to be difficult and nervewrecking but it's going to be a HUGE step forward into legalization.