The DACA Life

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 ter...

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 i...