Editor’s Note: Throughout the 2016 presidential election, President Donald Trump vowed to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created under the Obama Administration. DACA ...
I still remember the day I discovered that I was not in the United States legally. I was in high school, talking with my counselor about going to college. As we discussed the application fees, tuition ...
In less than two months, my legal protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will expire. My employer will have to let me go; I won't have a way to pay my rent; my family and ...
I want a chance to pay my country back for everything it gave me. I’m an American. More specifically: I’m a Texan, an entrepreneur and I’m pursuing a PhD in mathematical biology, focusing on better ...
Depression, anxiety, frustration: This was my reality as an undocumented young woman living in the United States. For many years, the love and support of my family was the only thing that sustained me ...
Every Sunday, my parents and I attend service at our church. We have been going together as a family all my life. On one of our regular Sunday drives back home late last year, my mom was pulled over.
When Kenny Chesney sings, he makes his audience believe the songs are straight out of his own experience and emotions, straight from his heart. And even Chesney admits that’s funny, because he doesn’t ...
I still remember the day I discovered that I was not in the United States legally. I was in high school, talking with my counselor about going to college. As we discussed the application fees, tuition ...