 The campaign caught the attention of former presidential candidate and then-Senator John F. Kerry (D-Massachusetts) in 2008.After the election of President Barack Obama, Kerry worked with United States Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder to arrange humanitarian Parole (United States immigration) — “a rare exemption that allows otherwise ineligible people into the country,” according to the Boston Globe.On June 2, 2010, Oliveira stepped onto U.S. soil.