The DACA Life

Video Shows the Pain of the Undocumented Immigrant Life By: Jesus Gomez I created this short clip containing farm fields and the faces of many undocumented immigrants to show that life for undocumented people in America is a daily struggle. It takes a toll on the mind and body of hundreds and thousands of immigrants. Poverty, lack of access to health care, discrimination, anxiety, depression. This is overwhelming for the mental health of DACA recipients and affects their performance in social and academic life. So, my hopes are that this piece can show people a little of the pain I mentioned that immigrants face in their day-to-day lives. Feel free to let me know what you think about it and enjoy!

Trump's State of the Union Address: a Save or Fail? By: Jesus Gomez Image obtained from: twitter.com/SalvantoCBS On January 30 th  of this year, President Donald Trump  gave his first State of the Union address. Besides making America safe again, Trump had  promised to find an immigration solution to the recent DACA dilemma. He also announced that there were plans to invest in the country’s infrastructure as well as plans for combatting the opioid crisis affecting America.  Trump had a rough first year in office, so after his speech, many people applauded Trump's address, but many others also thought it made no real difference and that his words were meaningless. His behavior has proven he has no real interest in uniting the country and reading off a teleprompter for the entire speech hasn’t changed that. What do you think? Was it meaningless or did you like it? Feel free to comment and let me know your opinion! You can also visit  theblaze.com  to check out what some p

Image obtained from:  teaser-trailer.com Desierto: A Short Film Review During Immigrant Tensions By: Jesus Gomez The story behind  Desierto  (2016) is quite simple. You have a truck loaded with illegal Mexican immigrants on their journey across the U.S. border. Desierto might seem harsh because the dozen or so illegal immigrants are soon hunted by a racist American man as if they were game. One by one, the migrant-murdering, sniper-wielding man and his dog kill nearly all the immigrants. All but one man—Moises—who we now see fighting for his life trying to run away from the danger of the gunfire and safely across borders. I think that for 2016, it would be a controversial film given the U.S and Mexican border tensions of the time.  However, it is a completely entertaining and captivating movie that helps the viewers sympathize with migrants, something I feel many people could be doing more of. You can watch the trailer   HERE ! Or

Picture retrieved from:  news.streetroots.org What the End of DACA Would Mean for the Lives of Dreamers  By: Jesus Gomez It is thanks to DACA that Erika Fonseca, 21, an immigrant child who arrived in the U.S. at the age of 7, was granted temporary amnesty. Fonseca says, “I’m so thankful to Obama and DACA because it’s the reason I was able to get an ID, get my first paid job, and more importantly I got an opportunity to give my family a reason to feel proud and safe in this country.” On September 2017,  Trump announced a possible termination of DACA  and the decision has had negative effects on the mental health of immigrant students. But u nless the U.S. Congress makes DACA into an actual law, the end of the program will affect much more people than just those who depended on it for legal status. I don’t think most Americans realize the mental impact of living with the thought that your life could change at any moment. It’s a terrible way to live and no

Image obtained at:  toddbigelow.photoshelter.com The Impact of Immigrant Life on Undocumented Youth By: Jesus Gomez Immigrant life in America is without a doubt one of the most difficult to live and the outcomes affect the families in undocumented communities. This is especially true for immigrant parents and their undocumented children who have lived in the United States much of their life. They face huge challenges which have a direct impact on their mental health and wellbeing . These children grow up facing the fact that at any moment they and their family could be deported. Thousands of young immigrants grow up facing  major discrimination and live  without important privileges like good health care service. They cope with anxiety and depression, while at the same time attending to their family’s daily struggle to simply get by and survive. One of those being Aurora University Sophomore, Hernan Ramirez, 19, who says “When I first arrived in the U.S. wit