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BY WHITNEY.MASON AND EMILY.BLOBAUM @iowastatedaily.com This piece is part of a series about people in the Iowa State community who are affected by the decisions the U.S. Government makes about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Put into place by the Obama administration in 2012, DACA protects undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. On Sept. 5, 2017, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration would rescind DACA, with a six-month delay for Congress to act. If legislative action does not occur, recipients, also called Dreamers, may lose their protected status beginning March 6, 2018. The following passages, save the first paragraph, are those of Hugo Bolanos, Andrea and Jair and have been edited and condensed for brevity and clarity.

HUGO Hugo Bolanos, a 2017 graduate from Iowa State, arrived in the United States with his aunt and cousin in May 2000. He started school that August, attending Crestview Elementary in Clive, Iowa. “I tried making friends as soon as I got here, but I didn’t know any English so I tried playing some games with some of the kids, but the way you play games in Mexico is completely different than the way

you play here. In Mexico you don’t have much of a playground, you maybe have some swings and then that’s about it, but in Mexico I remember, as weird as it sounds, we’d throw rocks at each other and you try to dodge them and it would be kind of like dodgeball. I remember I came to first grade and the first recess, I was like “OK, I don’t know what’s going on, I’ll just try and make friends” and there was this rock climbing wall with some rocks at the bottom just in case you fell and I remember I grabbed some rocks and threw them at some kids to initiate “Hey, do you want to play?” but I remember I got in trouble and I would get rule slips. It caused my parents to get even more mad at me and I didn’t know how to defend myself because I didn’t know English so after a while I was like “OK, maybe throwing rocks isn’t the best idea.” ——— [Life in Mexico] was horrible. I remember my dad would always bring up “Oh, you gotta appreciate what you have here in America,” and he would always tell me stories about how when he was growing up he didn’t have much to eat, he would just eat tortillas with salt, and that was it. He would always remind me of how he didn’t have much underwear, just because he didn’t have much money to buy it so he would wear the same underwear for more than

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two days, it just made me realize, damn, shit was tough. My mom also mentioned that when my sister was born, they would have to use the same diaper, just trying their best to clean it out and use the same diaper all over again. That’s not something you really imagine, it’s just really scary to think about, compared to how we’re living now. I think ultimately my parents made a great decision coming here just because we live so much better. _______ Now that Trump has gone with what he said and from now until March is just kind of a waiting game, so every day I’m terrified. Every night I pray and thank God for giving me another day here and hopefully the next day can also be in the States. A week in my shoes is just knowing that you’re going to have to wake up and think about this and sometimes when you hear the door knocking, it could be you, your last day or sometimes when you’re eating with your family, it could be the last meal you have with them. Sometimes when you’re driving, it could be the last time you’re driving down that street. It just hurts because you never know when your last day’s going to come and also you want to show people that you’re not a bad person, you want them to understand what you’re going through and also see the

EMILY BLOBAUM/ IOWA STATE DAILY Hugo Bolanos grew up in Michoacan, Mexico.

way that you do it because there’s no reason for DACA to be gone. I try to be a positive person and I try and just make every day like it’s my last so it’s like if you were to see me today as my last day, it’s kind of like oh “he was always happy, he was always joyful” and that’s what I think about every day, just making everyone seem like they matter and making everyone see that there’s always going to be problems but there’s always good things to look forward to you.”

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