Hopefully all of this coverage makes it to the ear's of Mr. Orange Glow (Trump).
Zacnite Vargas, 20, wants to have a conversation with anyone who says she doesn't belong in the United States.
She knows she isn't a legal resident. But she would tell you she's a Nashville high school graduate, has a job, pays taxes and has dreamed since kindergarten of helping others.
The full-time college student aspires to become a nurse. She took the ACT over 10 times to get the scores she wanted to enter into the program of her choice at Belmont University. She volunteers in her community, and she loves her parents, who brought her to the United States when she was three. She loves her two siblings, who are both U.S. citizens, too.
If President-elect Donald Trump keeps his promise to eliminate executive actions enacted in 2012 by President Barack Obama, she would lose her status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA — a special consideration given to those who came here as children, offering them temporary safety from deportation and a permit to work.
"This is my dream, this is the reason why my parents brought me to this country," Vargas said. "Losing DACA would mean I would lose the future that I planned and worked so hard for."
There is uncertainty about what Trump will and won't do during his presidency, local and national immigration leaders speculate DACA will be one of the first casualties under the new administration. Trump has promised an uncompromising stance on immigration, so young adults taking advantage of the program and their families are concerned.
My college in California issued an official email letter to soothe undocumented students. They said the election has brought anxiety, and fears. But that the college protects it's undocumented students. Especially through AB540 Bill for in state tuition. And also another dream act type assistance of financial aid for dreamers in California. I don't know much about the state aid from Jerry Brown because I never apply. I just pay out of pocket. This statement doesn't apply to DACA, but it let's us know we can still go to college even if we can't work. It's contradictory for me because if I can't work I can't pay.
