u/Spicyyhotpott

Why is every single day if not week immigration is changing? It's like impossible not to stay updated with the news. I feel like im dreaming like im living in some altered timeline where mentally I feel like the light at the end of the tunnel is so dim I've lost hope in seeing it. I think to myslef every day "What more harm could they do"?, and low and behold it just keeps getting worse.

I feel hopeless, like the life I saw for myself in America is fading away very fast. And the crazy thing is I fully believe if our next administration is democratic then alot of things will be undone. I keep asking myself do I just push through and try to survive until the next election or do I make plans to leave. What happens if the next election is canceled or doesn't go our way?. How many of us can say realistically i can survive 6-7 more years of this?

These past few months have been some of the hardest for us and I dont think it will get better. How do you guys feel with everything going on? Do you think we'll just wake up one day and daca will be outright terminated because thats what im feeling. On the other hand if we were going to be terminated why would they keep approving renewals?. Whats the end goal with us really.

Why are so many daca recipients being targeted? How do you guys wake up and keep going? Seriously give me unfiltered advice on how you stay postive and hopeful even when it looks like there is no light at the end of this tunnel.

I want to leave, save my money leave, take my pets and finally be able to breathe again. Im going to be 30 in 2 years and I keep debating staying and waiting 10 years for my family petition or leave and start a new life somewhere else.

I feel like every day watching the news you see something new about how they're targeting daca recipients. So what now they can just come to our door and detain us? Should we be frightened, what to do we do? Do we just like the next couple years in a state of fright or flight mode? Like what the hell are we supossed to actually do? This is not any way to live. Do we wait it out and see if we have a democratic administration next. Do we wait for midterms, how would a dem majority help us?

I've been applying to jobs and its taking me forever to and something permanent. I just did an interview today and the recruiter told me because my daca is expiring November 2026, i wouldn't be a reliable addition to their team. I was actually devastated because this is a job I've been looking at for so long. I mentioned to the person that I've sent in my renewal already and how I've worked for many years with a work permit. But the person thinks they'll waste time training me and then I'll leave.

Lady leave and go where? If my permit renews as im working I'll just update it. This is the first time im experiencing this. Anyone else?

Lately I've been spiraling thinking "Is this my last daca renewal", and not knowing what the next 3 years has in store is absolutely terrifying. I've been a daca recipient since 2012 and this is the first time in my life in genuinely concerned if I'll be deported by the end of his term. Its definitely a very sad reality and even though I have a family petition, I think to myself if its even worth staying here for another 10 years, probably undocumented. I've been looking into study visas abroad but the thought of actually leaving America, leaving the past 27 years of my life, leaving my elderly parents and family seems really gut wrenching. I have a senior pet that I dont even think I can travel with and just the thought of leaving them makes me bawl.

But this is what they want is to do, to be scared and cry and to feel so defeated that we just pick up and leave. Daca is slowly being dismantled and it seems like a program we relied on for most of our lives is gone. We're supposed to be protected from deportation but now we're not. Sometimes I think to myself do I stay for more years, live in the same fear cycle or do I leave and actually live my life?

I can't imagine being 40 yrs and I've wasted my life worrying about my immigration status. But then also when I see how much it cost to say study in Canada and find housing i feel like it something I cant afford. But oh my and I actually exhausted from being a daca recipient. Its a really hard feeling to watch all your family and friends travel, go to school and live the America dream while my future is very uncertain.

Like how do you guys do it? I want to further my education but I cant find the courage to take that step forward and I have no idea what to study as I'd want a degree thats useful in another country. Those of you with permits that are being renewed, do you ever think to yourself if this is your last two years working. What would you do next? Please someone tell me how to keep going.

Im unemployed because I've been so stupid and afraid of working because I felt like daca would be terminated and I wouldn't be able to work. Please go easy on me I have mental health issues. I've been going to therapy and I guess that im afraid of something bad happening to daca, the result of that is I haven't attempted to secure a job. I've been in therapy alot and I realized that im my worst enemy. I see so many of you with amazing degrees and jobs, I see so many of you losing your jobs because your renewals are taking long. Then theres me with a permit that doesn't expire until the end of the year, absolutely terrified to make the steps necessary to secure a job. I let my insecurities and fears take over and im really working on it.

My debt is so high its actually consuming me. I make the minimum payments so my credit is still okay. I just keep thinking to myself wondering if I'll ever be able to get rid of $10k debt. Every time I think of the debt I think of daca ending and I spiral. Idk why my brain is wired this way. Im getting help but damn living with my thoughts suck. My thoughts have kept me at a standstill for months.

Need some encouragement.

Asking because I can't get a clear answer, this is a question regarding my situation *IF daca is terminated.

I currently have daca with about $18k in debt that im actively paying off but would be able to fully pay off until maybe early 2027. I have a family petition that was filed for me last year, im over 21 and unmarried, wait is close to 10 years.

If daca was to be terminated I worry about how to repay debt and bankruptcy seems to be an option, however ppl have been telling me it counts as a public charge.

My question. Does filing bankruptcy automatically ruin my family petition and does filing chapter 7 bankruptcy hinder my chances of aos. If I were need to do a hardship waiver, would my parents in the future have a hard time claiming hardship if I have bankruptcy in my history?

I have $18k combined throughout all cards, including a personal loan. With the way things are going I'm scared of daca ending and not being able to work or deported. What do we do if we can't pay back our debt?

Also does filing bankruptcy ruin your chances of a famiky petition going through or ruin your chances at a green card?

What keeps you going? Those with no pathway to residency whats your thoughts?

I live in america and I've been here for over 20 years, however I have absolutely no family living here. My dad was born in Trinidad and my mom Jamaica. Over the past 20 years neither one of my parents have tried to secured my papers and with the current administration I fear being deported every day, my parents were able to sponsor me last year but thats still a 10 year wait.

I know I still have the marriage route but as of right now I'm single and have been turned down 2 times in my last 2 relationships when I asked to be sponsored. Lately ive had the urge to further my degree and move out of america and either study abroad or get a work visa. I've also been feeling like I want to visit trinidad as basically all my family is there and I haven't seen anyone in over 20 years. If the crime wasn't so bad I guess I'd actually move back home.

If you had the opportunity to move to america would you? Or would you stay in trindad? What would you do if you were in my shoes? Stay and wait out a petition or leave and start a new life?

Im beyond grateful to have daca and to be here for now and to be able to work, but the mental anguish this program is causing im actually looking into pursuing a higher degree and leaving the country. My only worry is leaving will mess up my parents petition for me, as I wouldn't be able to leave to leave for the next 10 years. Im conflicted, im gonna be 30 in 2 years and I keep thinking to myslef if I really want to just stay here and suffer from this stress or go out there and live my life.

What would you guys do in my position? Stay and wiat out a petition or leave?

Just curious how yall are feeling. Im conflicted. Some times I feel like daca will stay hanging by a thread and other times I feel like this presidency will be the nail in the coffin for us. This is such a mentally exhausting thing to endure, lately I've been seriously considering moving to another country.