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DACA voices Immigration stories

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Rosa Alvarez

Rosa Alvarez

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Lizette Arias

Lizzette Arias

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Ainee Athar

Ainee Athar

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Jose Caceres

Jose Caceres

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Lys Isma

Lys Isma

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Maria E. Dominguez

Maria E. Dominguez

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Gabrielle Jackson

Gabrielle Jackson

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Jonathan Jayes-Green

Jonathan Jayes-Green

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Ray Jose

Ray Jose

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Pratishtha Khanna

Pratishtha Khanna

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Cindy Kolade

Cindy Kolade

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Danilo Machado

Danilo Machado

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Mariza Orosco

Mariza Orosco

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Daniela Galván Ortiz

Daniela Galván Ortiz

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Pedro A. Villalobos

Pedro A. Villalobos

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With the termination of DACA under the Trump administration, beneficiaries of that program are at risk of deportation. Contact your representative and urge them to pass a clean version of the Dream Act without added enforcement provision that put students and their families at risk.

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