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Why I May Get Deported -- DACA
By getting a job that helped you stay, or it didn't matter?
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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…
You go to the DMV to get your license.
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…
By getting a job that helped you stay, or it didn't matter?
No, it didn't matter, but I finally was able to get a job.
Oh, 'cause you got a Social Security number.
Yeah, I couldn't even work, I couldn't do anything, and DACA's a work permit, so it lets you work in the US. Ah, ah, ah. And yeah, then I got to come out here and I got to do, literally, do the whole American dream route, you know? Just coming out to LA, buyi…