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What educators and students are facing Member voices

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Mehdi Zayghami
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Locked out

By Mehdi Zayghami

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Evrim Baykal
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Immigration storm

By Evrim Baykal

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Sandra Fajgier
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Eyes of family

By Sandra Fajgier

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Areli Zarate
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Life interrupted

By Areli Zarate

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JV Torres
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Raids of fear

By JV Torres

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Provide sanctuary for immigrants
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Providing sanctuary

By Kent Wong

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Why i am undocumented and unafraid
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Undocumented and unafraid

By Lee Ann Graham

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The daca fight belongs to all of us
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Fighting together

By Ken Zarifis

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I am a dreamer and a nurse
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A Dreamer, a nurse

By Jessica Esparza

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