As the Supreme Court deliberates the future of the DACA program, recipients are left hanging with the possibility of deportation even though HomeIsHere. We worked with UNITEDWEDREAM to tell their stories
That was the day my world was shaken. I was 16 years old and my mother — my hero — suffered a stroke. We feared that she wouldn’t make it. I could feel the overwhelming fear in my chest as the thought of losing my mother seeped into my head. My sister and I worried and wondered how we would keep a roof over our heads while paying the medical bills, which quickly began to pile up.
Eventually, my mother recovered. The months of therapy were grueling and her road to recovery was bumpy. We weren’t always able to pay for the services she needed. Her speech and motor ability aren’t what they used to be, but she is alive and safe. She has seen my twin sister walk across the stage to obtain her juris doctor, was present when her first grandchild was born, and looks forward to “hooding” me this May when I receive my medical doctorate.
It was this experience that led me to pursue a career in medicine. I dreamed of providing dignified, culturally competent medical care to women like my mother. Medical care that wasn’t dependent on where you came from, your immigration status, the language you spoke or any accent you had, but that was based on the basic human right to lead and live a healthy life.
I was the first undocumented student to be accepted to the University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine which came with its own unique challenges. I wasn’t eligible for financial aid and had to find alternative ways of funding my education. I worked a full-time job between two fellowships. I remember long weeks that blurred into each other as I tried to catch my breath between medical school and my fellowships’ responsibilities.
If DACA ends, my work permit will expire and I will be unable to provide medical care to my patients, but most importantly, my deportation protection will be gone. DACA has never been solely about work permits. It has also been about the relief it gave to undocumented young people who lived their childhood with the fear of being detained, deported, and separated from their loved ones.
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