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Why I May Get Deported -- DACA
No, it didn't matter, but I finally was able to get a job.
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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…
What did you tell him? What you told me what your lawyer said today when you were asking him why Trump is getting rid of DACA?