EternalHope
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I am here to share my story. My parents brought me to this country when I was 5 years old on a visitor visa and overstayed. For 21 years I have lived in this country as an undocumented immigrant. In those 21 years some would say fate have been cruel to me, countless times I was on verge of getting permanent residence. When I was 16 my father was about to get his labor certification and I was to follow as a derivative beneficiary but the company went out of business. Then I was set to marry the love of my life who I met in College, but she left me to Europe with another man, guess I wasn't the love of her life. The DREAM Act, a congressional bill that would've given people like me a pathway to citizenship was voted on by Congress failed to pass- TWICE, and again I was left without a chance to become an American, and just now after applying for the lottery every year since my high school graduation, I finally won and just like that it was taken away from me.
I am not writing this to get sympathy, I am not here to yell or scream about what happened, I am here to show the ones who has their feeling of victory snatched away to remain calm, it is not the end of the world. Granted I'm already in America, but being in America without status is nothing more than being a nobody, I can't drive, I can't join the military, I can't get a decent paying job, living day to day without knowing what tomorrow will bring.
But there is one light at the end of the tunnel: there is another drawing on July 15th, and granted how minuscule my chances are there is another opportunity to dream and win or lose: life goes on. As for those signing petitions and thinking about suing the government, there is one thing that is true of America along with the rest of the world, unless it gets politicians money or votes, don't bother.
I am not writing this to get sympathy, I am not here to yell or scream about what happened, I am here to show the ones who has their feeling of victory snatched away to remain calm, it is not the end of the world. Granted I'm already in America, but being in America without status is nothing more than being a nobody, I can't drive, I can't join the military, I can't get a decent paying job, living day to day without knowing what tomorrow will bring.
But there is one light at the end of the tunnel: there is another drawing on July 15th, and granted how minuscule my chances are there is another opportunity to dream and win or lose: life goes on. As for those signing petitions and thinking about suing the government, there is one thing that is true of America along with the rest of the world, unless it gets politicians money or votes, don't bother.
