Harvard DACA students fear for their future and the fate of their loved ones

Blanca Morales was brought from Mexico to the United States as a child. Living in a poor apartment and working from morning till night, her mother did everything to give her daughter the opportunity to study, because the girl showed interest and showed good results.

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Now, under the protection of the DACA program, the girl studies at the Harvard University Medical School and, looking at the actions of the administration of US President Donald Trump, fears for her future, and also fears the deportation of her relatives, writes CNN.

There are several such students at Harvard Medical School. In addition to Morales, Dalia Larios, Alma Onate and Anthony Tucker-Bartley faced similar concerns.

And although there is some consensus in Congress on the issue of illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children - they are promised legal status and the prospect of American citizenship, students fear the deportation of their family members, many of whom are also illegal immigrants to the United States.

They fear that their legal future in the United States will be negotiated by Democrats in exchange for permission to build a wall on the US-Mexican border or a stricter deportation policy for other illegal immigrants, including their loved ones.

Before President Barack Obama created the DACA program, Morales and her fellow students remember that their lives were always accompanied by fear. Illegals attended rallies to fight for their rights, but did not tell their stories for fear of deportation. They walked around the streets where there were a lot of police, hid in the bathroom from immigration raids and learned a lot, because the parents who worked two or three jobs said that this was the only way to achieve a successful future.

When the DACA program was announced in 2012, each of the four active students doubted for a long time before providing their personal data to the government that could deport them, but they still registered, as did 800 000 other illegal immigrants brought to the US by children.

The program gave them permission to get a driver's license and legal admission to universities, and then their fear disappeared.

For Morales, DACA was the way to make her dream come true and to get a place in the best higher medical school in the country. Harvard University President Drew Faust is also pleased with his DACA students, he publicly opposed Trump’s decision to close the program.

While struggling for their status in the United States, these students fear that, by giving them legal status, the government may tighten policies towards other illegal immigrants, that is, their parents, without whose hard work the “dreamers” could not succeed.

All students say they would not want to get American citizenship if this opportunity is denied to their parents.

Morales does not understand what politicians are guided by when they give “dreamers” the right to stay, but at the same time declare that their parents must leave the United States.

“They haven’t met my parents. They haven't seen all the work they've done, they don't know the sacrifice they've made,” Blanca said.

Therefore, she hopes that any immigration changes that will benefit her will not cause damage to other immigrants.

Recall that in September 2017 Trump announced the cancellation of a program that protected illegal immigrants brought to the United States from children by the 800 000 deportation - DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). https://www.forumdaily.com/tramp-poyasnil-prichiny-i-raskryl-detali-otmeny-daca/

If Congress does not take legislative measures to protect them, then 5 in March 2018 (after the 6 month transition period expires) will be deported.

Later, the Trump administration proposed immigration reform that provides “dreamers” with a path to citizenship, but Congress still needs to consider it.

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