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With Trump’s decision er, many students were saddened and The Conversation Series focused on dents who don’t need their old books to end DACA, a small uncertain about their future. educating attendees on what DACA can donate them to DACA students. group at Paradise Valley is, its benefits and downfalls, as Community College organizes Duncan along with a non-profit well as connecting DACA students Atchison was also saddened by the efforts to help DACA students. organization Aliento planned a Civil with people who can help – bankers, decision, especially because DACA Conversations Series: DACA Allies scholarship providers, and other stu- kids were brought here not by their Tuesday, Oct. 3, Trump’s adminis- Training at PVCC, bringing people dents. Duncan said many attendees own choosing. They had to leave tration formally announced the end together and organizing help for were willing to help DACA students because there was something going of Deferred Action for Childhood DACA students. Aliento focuses with simple things they struggle with on in their country or hometown, and Arrivals program. CNN reported on helping people who are directly like opening a bank account or a their parents felt like they need to the program had protected nearly impacted by the unjust laws of immi- credit card. take them someplace where they can 800,000 young undocumented immi- gration. Currently, Aliento is offer- have a potential in life. grants brought to the US as children ing scholarships to DACA students “How can a college help other than from deportation. Even though to cover their renewal fees because accepting students for who they are?” Now, many DACA students are Trump made a decision to end the these funds cannot come out of said Victor Atchison, a former PVCC anticipating for their applications program, he gave Congress an financial aid that the college offers, student who is still actively involved for renewal to be processed, while extension to preserve the program’s according to Duncan. in Student Life and Leadership at Congress is deciding the future of the protections. If the Congress does PVCC. “Everyone is here to get an program. not act before the set date, nearly “We are doing what we can here,” education. DACA students pay their 300,000 people could begin to lose said Camila Olave-Rodriguez, a way through college, they work, they As of Oct. 3, The Department of their status in 2018, and more than sophomore at PVCC and a worker at pay taxes, just like any other Ameri- Homeland Security will stop issu320,000 would lose their status in Student Life and Leadership. “But can citizen.” ing any new applications for DACA 2019, according to CNN. most of the stuff is not personal program, according to CNN. No stuenough for DACA students, not ev- Atchison mentioned attendees of the dents will lose their status before the “Anger. Sadness. And just frustra- eryone knows who they are.” DACA event came up with many program expires, and all applications tion,” said Rowdy Duncan, a Stu- ideas to help, like forming scholar- received before the announcement dent Life and Leadership specialist Olave-Rodriguez mentioned PVCC ships or doing book drives where stu- will be processed, CNN reported. at PVCC, regarding his reaction to has one of the strongest leadership Trump’s decision. “It has been much more difficult since I have become much more personally connected with folks that have DACA. The closer you are to someone that is affected, the deeper you feel it.”
Duncan said he was not surprised by Trump’s decision. He had a sense that is where Trump would have to go, given his political base. Howevtraining among the Maricopa Community Colleges, which helped the affected students. Some DACA students had meetings with administration and leadership and are ready to stand up for other DACA students. The DACA event was a brainstorming session on what could be done to help DACA students and how to implement that, according to OlaveRodriguez.
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