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Why I May Get Deported -- DACA
Oh, 'cause you got a Social Security number.
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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?
He— okay, I was talking to my lawyer and I'm like, listen, we were sitting getting ready for immigration to give me the no-go or to give me the go on this Australia trip. I was sitting there and I'm like, listen, I understand that you're a lawyer that works w…