Sorry for your loss. I'm in a similar situation as I lost my dad just a little over a month ago, and he passed away in China. I actually haven't seen him for 8 years, since he left the states to renew his Visa, but due to him being a few dates late after his visa expired, he ran into a host of problems and couldn't come back in. Good thing modern tech allows stuff like facetime/video call so we're always just a screen away no matter the distance. But still it sucks that I and my family wasn't able to care for him during his final moments and couldn't attend his funeral. Good thing he had a lot of family in China that help us take care of everything and all the final arrangements. I myself feel pretty shitty and guilt for not being able to care for him as his son, and wasn't successful enough to find myself a good girl and get married and help my parents adjust their status.

But going through this sure is eye opening, as it's giving me motivation to work harder in his honor and also to better car for my remaining parent, my mom. I got a few close friends who know about my status and my situation, so I got some support from them too. Support during this time does go a long way.

As far as traveling and other restrictions, in the grand scheme of things, it's a luxury, not a necessity. As others have said, you can easily travel within the states to other areas that feel foreign. I myself am not that big a traveler (maybe because I've never traveled too far before lol), but I do have things I want to do, and kinda let my anxiety get in the way of that last year with all the shenanigans in the gov regarding the stability of our status. But earlier in the year I told myself, fuck it, I'm just gonna do the stuff I want (getting a motorcycle license and motorcycle), but those plans are on hold now since my father's passing. I do plan to get back on that train, but right now I just need some time to myself and family to move forward.

As far as status, right now I'm just figuring out ways to overcome whatever employment obstacles the fate of DACA brings us. Currently learning how to become better at my craft so I can branch off into becoming a contractor/freelancer as an additional or contingent source of income in the off chance I can't be an employee anymore. There's always ways around things, it's just about being creative and asking the right people for help/ideas. I know some dreamers in here make 6 figs, and I have a friend who's family is undocumented and he's DACA himself, but through sheer hardwork, they actually saved enough to buy a house a few years ago. Both scenarios are probably better than 70% of actual citizens in this country. All they're missing is just some stupid paper, but that paper don't have to determine your success and happiness, but it sure does help a lot.

The point is, just take the necessary time to deal with things, and just keep going and moving forward. There's always light at the end of the tunnel, just that sometimes you gotta dig your own holes to reach the light. Stay strong my friend!