question on realistic timelines on daca
okay so this might be more of a rant because i don’t know if anyone even knows what’s going to happen with daca with the current admin.
so for context i was brought here from mx when i was 2. i have lived my whole life here in the us and i am daca eligible. unfortunately right when i had the age eligibility to apply for daca, trump ended new applications. ever since then i have been left unprotected
regardless of not having daca, i was able to attend college with a full ride. i am actually graduating this month from one of the top 7 universities in the u.s!
I am feeling very stressed out not knowing whether to wait and see if a) daca opens up or b)i marry a us military member (after meeting with a lawyer they told me that’s the quickest way to go through parole without having to wait 6-7 years just to get a parole appt at the border.)
i have also been seriously considering just returning to cdmx with my parents. but im also scared of the commitment and the potential of never being able to legally come back
what is stressing me out is the fact that i have worked my ass off these past 4 years at a really prestigious school, just to only be able to work in cash paying jobs. i also think about wasting years of my life waiting for something to happened with daca or marrying someone. like genuinely i start spiraling everyday about this. i want to be able to use my degree. i want to be able to travel and not feel anxious all the time of not knowing what my future will look like. im also very tired of waiting for 10 years now for daca to open. im just feeling trapped but idk really what’s the best decision. even if i decide to wait out the two remaining years of the current admin, making any changes to daca will take years