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How DACA affected the mental health of undocumented young adults

  • Written by Elizabeth Aranda, Professor of Sociology, University of South Florida
imageA rally in support of DACA outside of the White House.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

“I am getting this wonderful education. I have a job. I fit in. At the same time, I feel at any moment that can change. I don’t think that most Americans live with that thought that anything can change [in] just one minute… My biggest fear is me...

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