Being Undocumented

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Being undocumented affects me everyday,from watching television and seeing the discrimination and hate towards us. To login to my social media accounts and seeing how all my friends from high school have their bachelors degrees and I , six years later after high school, still haven't been able to earn a college degree due to my immigration status. I couldn't attend college because I come from a poor family of five and college is not a priority and undocumented students don't get financial aid. My mom is singled mother of four children who also is undocumented and makes the best of the situation; working hard as cleaning lady barely making money to support her children. Everyday she has to choose from saving money for a lawyer to fix her immigration

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