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Why I May Get Deported -- DACA

I didn't go to the DMV. I was in class and they asked for my social security number. Right., and they, I didn't have one. I couldn't give them one. Right. Uh, oh, and excuse me, I wasn't a DACA person yet because Trump hasn't passed it yet. Right. And they're like, and I couldn't, I didn't have a social security number. My parents just told me to fill in 000000. So I did that. Maybe it was like a cheat code. I don't know. Um, but then I got home and they told me that I'm basically as close as it gets to an illegal citizen or an illegal immigrant. Yeah. And This was like, I was shell-shocked because my parents and I had this whole, it was like my teenage years, I would always pretend like I wasn't a foreigner, like I would never accept the fact that I was from Slovakia. So my parents would bring it up, I would be like, no, fuck that, I'm American, I'm American. So this was like a real slap to my face when I'm like this douchey teen and then they were like, yeah, you're not a citizen, you're not even like, I was not legally allowed to be here. And then we got lucky and then DACA got passed, which was an executive order from Obama, as I mentioned, and that let me stay in the country and work. So, I got a job, I started working, and then, yeah, I ended up here.

September 7, 201710:27David
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Jason9:47
You mean 9/11, the happiest day ever? I love 9/11. My daddy told me all about 9/11, said it was one of the best days ever.
David9:57
That was me. And everyone looked at me like, could you go to the principal's office please? But yeah, so Trump took away DACA for 800,000 people, and he took away all our travel privileges as of yesterday. So I cannot reenter the US if I leave the country. Wh…
Jason10:24
You go to the DMV to get your license.
David10:27
I didn't go to the DMV. I was in class and they asked for my social security number. Right., and they, I didn't have one. I couldn't give them one. Right. Uh, oh, and excuse me, I wasn't a DACA person yet because Trump hasn't passed it yet. Right. And they're like, and I couldn't, I didn't have a social security number. My parents just told me to fill in 000000. So I did that. Maybe it was like a…
Jason11:37
By getting a job that helped you stay, or it didn't matter?
David11:41
No, it didn't matter, but I finally was able to get a job.
Jason11:43
Oh, 'cause you got a Social Security number.