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Has DACA Changed Your Life? - Page 3

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#21
12-05-2012, 07:59 PM
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nope same as before cept with an assigned ssn and soon a dl
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EAD Approval: 11/06/12 EAD Received: 11/10/12
SSN: Applied: 11/13/12 Received: 12/10/12
IL ID: 12/11/12 DL: 12/28/12 Job: 1/23/13
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12-05-2012, 08:22 PM
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Well so far finding a job is difficult. But at least I can finally get my DL. (I haven't gotten it yet because I'm practicing on my driving. Never really drove before DACA, didn't see a reason in risking get ticketed if I could just take public transportation.) I'm half way done with school thanks to Illinois allowing in state tuition. But I feel safer now and although time's are difficult for practically everyone, I'm not giving up. So yes, it has changed my life. It's made it a bit better.
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12-05-2012, 09:12 PM
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Of course DACA has changed my life for the better, is this a serious question? I am gradually becoming less nervous than I used to be in the past, and I'm finally letting my personality show more and more. Before my approval, I didn't have a social security number, and could certainly not come out confidently to apply for a paying job. I feel freedom for the first time in my adult life and it feels great! I am very grateful for this opportunity and the ones to come in the future.
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12-05-2012, 09:41 PM
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It's made me an angrier person, cuz i still haven't been approved.
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#25
12-05-2012, 10:59 PM
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AB 540 and CA Dream Act affected me more than DACA.
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I'm waiting on my EAD with bated breath. I'm graduating in a week with a great GPA and with a work permit I can get some bitching engineering jobs! I'm talking things like $55~70k/year. That's... more money than I can shake a stick at.
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That's awesome!!! What degree and school???
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12-09-2012, 05:24 PM
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We are on the same boat. If you ever need anything hit me up, I am also from MD. No way I'm paying double for school. My job isn't the best but I've been on my own since I was 18, just waiting to see if DA passes so I can enlist in the Air Force.
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I can now volunteer at a hospital! They do background checks and etc and a SSN is required.
It's one of the top hospitals in the US
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In my case, not at all. I live in a state where I've had access to a driver's license, so that was never an issue. And, while an unpleasant experience, getting a job while out of status was never out of reach. In fact, it's the relative ease with which we can get jobs that results in the 11 million of us being here.

Aside from those who did not have a driver's licence or who were in deportation proceedings, the only group whose life has had a tangible change is those lucky few with college degrees. I rejoice in their success and good fortune.

As for me, having an EAD has not opened any doors at all. I was a lot more excited on election day when the Maryland Dream Act passed the referendum granting in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. But then I found out that it's only for those who graduated from high school after 2009, which disqualifies me.

I guess it could be argued that not having to fear deportation is a benefit in itself, however, I've lived here so long that that was never something I feared.

What I need, whether it be through the Dream Act or some bill like it, is access to government student loans like Stafford loans. Otherwise, I'll simply stay stuck in a menial job and make little progress towards advancing my goals.

Does anyone else feel the same way?
As a 37 year old who didn't qualify for DACA, I seriously hope you self deport like Mittens wanted you to, you ungrateful lazy brat. Really, leave. Why are you even here if you don't plan on doing anything with your new found freedom here besides being a freeloader and asking for handouts? If you're going to be a lazy low wage worker, go back to your own country and leave this country for those who want to do something with their lives.

If you can't get through your head how important it is to be able to sleep at night without the worry that the next time you're pulled over you can go to jail and your life turned upside down, or you can go to any business and apply for a job or go to school then please give your EAD back and ask them to give it to someone more deserving.

The sad part is, I've met people like you who have Green Cards. All they do is complain about how they can't find good work and how much life was better back home. Do you realize how many Dreamers have already been paying for school this whole time? What makes you so special that you don't want to work and pay for school? Tuition has always been high and if this is your attitude, even if you do graduate you'll be one of those lazy college grads living at home complaining about how there aren't any good jobs left.

I don't know you, but I hate you.
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