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Originally Posted by pink
Older dreamer here, ecstatic to take whatever is passed at this point. We got left off the original dream bill and I'm sick and tired of waiting for the perfect bill that so far has only rewarded a few while most immigrants who were here first languish away for decades.
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Yeah I can't even express how hurtful it was to be left out of the original DACA and then again off the expanded version. I just want SOMETHING to pass that includes me and puts me back in the system so I can build off it.
As for the "it means we're not special anymore" or "this means we'll never get a greencard" stuff I'm reading, people are acting like this is going to be the end-all. This is just going to be the beginning. In 10 years, a lot can happen - if we get a friendly congress/president, we might still be special and the Dream Act could still pass. If we get an asshole Republican congress/president then we have protection that they can't take away easily.
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Mid-40's dreamer (yeah, time flies), aged out of original DACA and didn't have a chance to apply for extended DACA after Republicans killed it on the vine. Have family petition that is now officially current but with past skeletons, is risky to move forward with AOS. Life is on hold for now until laws and/or government becomes more friendly. Life kind of sucks at the moment but like Al Bundy and the mighty cockroach, I survive.