XXXX was born in Zacatecas, Mexico in 1993 and was brought to the U.S. by her mom when she was 4 years old. XXXX is a certified nursing aid in Labor and Delivery and is finishing school for nursing as a DACA recipient.br/ br/ strongldquo;I want to be a nurse, and I would like to go to other places like Mexico or India where they need midwives, the C-Sections are very high, so I would like to do that. People donrsquo;t realize that there are a lot of people like me that would like to go to Haiti or Puerto Rico to help with disasters, but they are blocking this door, so we canrsquo;t help.rdquo;/strongbr/ br/ I always knew I was different, but I was an excellent student. When I graduated high school, I had offers from U of A and NAU and I couldnrsquo;t take them. My parents always had money saved because they knew that I would have to pay more money, but in my last year of high school my step dad was stopped and almost deported. He spent a month and a half in Eloy. When that happened, we had to sell everything. We sold our house, we sold our cars, and we took out loans to take him out.br/ I know that nothing good is going to happen. What worries me is my younger sister because she is going to live with the fear that one of her parents is going to be taken. It is very difficult for a little girl of 6 years to understand everything that is happening, but she knows. She understands that one day our father can be here today and tomorrow not.br/ Irsquo;ve had to drive down to Phoenix with him. And those detention centers are horrible. Irsquo;ve gone to the immigration office in downtown Phoenix and itrsquo;s terriblehellip; they donrsquo;t let you go inside with them and you see buses leaving with people. When I went down there I saw a man waiting with his wife and his bag packed. They knew.br/ I have to look at my mom and my sister for inspiration because if I am not taking care of myself and if (my sister) would see me cry, what would she say? I cannot let her cry. My mom is the strong one but when she is depressed I know it. And when I am going through something, she worries about me when she has many other things to worry about. If it were just for me I couldnrsquo;t continue forward, but it is for them. I am doing everything to better myself because that is why my mom brought me to the United States, so I could realize my lifersquo;s dream. She left hers so I could follow mine.br/ br/ I saw an article that talked about DACA privilege and it is where many of us believe that we are already legal and that we are protected, but itrsquo;s not like that. We have a protected status to be able to talk for our parents who donrsquo;t want to. Itrsquo;s a lot of fear to not know whether or not we are good and if we are protected. Also, in the community we live in, it is separated. They tell us to trust the police, but they are exact ones that are putting us in jail.br/ br/ I want to be a nurse, and I would like to go to other places like Mexico or India where they donrsquo;t have midwives, the C-Sections are very high, so I would like to do that. People donrsquo;t realize that there are a lot of people like me that would like to go to Haiti or Puerto Rico to help the disasters, but they are blocking this door, so we canrsquo;t help.br/ br/ To become a citizen, because I entered illegally (when I was 4), I would have to leave the United States and ask for asylum in the United States to be able to enter legally and depending on the judge that I get I could have two months until my asylum court date. If I would have entered legally, it would have been that my visa expired, and I could get married to a citizen and have papers in three months, but that is not something my 21-year-old mom thought about.br/ br/ br/ ********************************************br/ br/ XXXX nacioacute; en Zacatecas, Meacute;xico en 1993 y fue traiacute;da a los Estados Unidos por su madre cuando teniacute;a 4 antilde;os de edad. XXXX es una asistente certificada de enfermeriacute;a de sala de parto y estaacute; terminando la escuela de enfermeriacute;a como una recipiente de DACA.br/ br/ strongldquo;Quiero ser enfermera, quisiera ir a otros lugares como en Meacute;xico o India donde necesitan parteras, la cesaacute;rea son muy altas, a miacute; me gustariacute;a hacer eso. Es cosas asiacute; que la gente no se da cuenta, que hay muchas personas como yo que quisiera ir a Haitiacute; a Puerto Rico para ayudar con los desastres, pero los estaacute;n bloqueando esa puerta para para no poderles ayudar.rdquo;/strongbr/ Yo siempre supe que era diferente, pero era excelente estudiante. Cuando me gradueacute; de high school yo me tuvieron ofertas de U of A y de NAU y no los pude tomar. Mis padres siempre tuvieron dinero guardado porque sabiacute;a en que yo teniacute;a que pagar maacute;s, pero en mi uacute;ltimo antilde;o de secundaria mi padrastro lo pararon y casi lo deportaron. Eacute;l pasoacute; mes y medio en Eloy. Cuando eso sucedioacute;, tuvimos que vender todo. Vendimos nuestra casa, vendimos nuestras carros, y sacamos preacute;stamos para poder a sacar a eacute;l. Yo seacute; que no va a pasar nada buena. Lo que me preocupa es mi hermanita porque ella va a vivir con temor que le van a quitar uno de sus padres. Es muy difiacute;cil para una nintilde;a de 6 antilde;os entender todo lo que estaacute; sucediendo, pero ella lo sabe. Ella entiende que un diacute;a nuestro padre puede estar aquiacute; hoy y el mantilde;ana no.br/ Yo he tenido que manejar hasta Phoenix con eacute;l. Estos centros de detencioacute;n son horribles. He ido a la oficina de inmigracioacute;n en el centro de Phoenix y es terriblehellip; no te dejan ir a dentro con ellos y ves buses saliendo con gente. Cuando fui allaacute; vi un hombre esperando con su esposa y su bolsa empacada. Lo sabiacute;an.br/ Tengo que ver a mi mamaacute; y mi hermanita para inspiracioacute;n, porque si no estoy cuidando a mi misma y si (mi hermanita) me ve llorar, que le dice ella? Que no le puede llorar. Mi mamaacute; se hace la fuerte pero cuando ella estaacute; deprimida yo lo seacute;. Y cuando estoy batallando con algo, se preocupa ella por miacute; cuando ella tiene muchas cosas maacute;s para preocuparse. Para miacute;, es ver que si yo misma yo no puedo seguir adelante, es por ellas. Estoy haciendo todo para mejorarme, porque por eso me trajo mi mamaacute; a los Estados Unidos, para realizar mi suentilde;o de vida. Ella dejoacute; hacer los suyos para hacer los mios.br/ Vi un articulo que dice DACA privilege y es de donde muchos de nosotros creemos que ya somos legales y que estamos que protegidos pero no es asiacute;. Tenemos un estatus protegido para poder hablar por nuestros padres que no quieren. Es mucho temor sin saber si estamos bien y si estamos protegidos. Maacute;s en la comunidad en la que vivimos, estaacute; separada. Es como nos dicen confiacute;a en las policiacute;as, pero las policiacute;as son los mismos que nos estaacute;n poniendo en la caacute;rcel.br/ br/ Quiero ser enfermera, quisiera ir a otros lugares como en Meacute;xico o India donde no tiene parteras, la cesaacute;rea son muy altas, a miacute; me gustariacute;a hacer eso. Es cosas asiacute; que la gente no se da cuenta que hay muchas personas como yo que quisiera ir a Haitiacute; a Puerto Rico, para ayudar con los desastres, pero los estaacute;n bloqueando esa puerta para para no poderles ayudar.br/ Para hacer la ciudadaniacute;a, como yo entre ilegalmente (cuando teniacute;a 4 antilde;os), tendriacute;a que salir de los Estados Unidos y pedir asilo a los EE. UU. para poder entrar legalmente y dependiendo el juez que me toque, el juez me podriacute;a tener dos meses hasta el corto de asilo. Si hubiera entrado legalmente, hubiera quedado que mi visa se expiro, y me casariacute;a con un ciudadano, tendriacute;a papeles en como tres meses. Pero no es algo que mi mama de 21 antilde;os nunca pensoacute; tampoco.br/ br/ ********************************************