Efrain Venegas Ramirez

Opinion: Undocumented and Unafraid

President Trump said that Congress has until March 5th to provide a solution for Dreamers. But what happens on March 5? I have to live with the uncertainty that March 5 might be my last day on The Bluff. After all these struggles and hard work I have put in, I may never get my degree. Even if I am not deported then, and congress does nothing, I will have to go back to living without any form of documentation. I will not be able to renew my work permit, or my driver’s license, and I face the risk of deportation at any moment. Even if I manage to get a degree, I cannot use it without a work permit. I want to share my story to put a face to all the numbers. But we must remember that I am only one face. This is my story, but the situation and effect of the decision to end DACA reaches many more.  I am not asking you to feel sorry for us, I am asking for you to fight for us.