Undocumented Students Fear Returning to Shadows Under Trump

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Mitzia Martinez, a prelaw student at UC Berkeley, is undocumented. Martinez has been able to support herself financially thanks to the federal policy Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Photo by Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED

By Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED News Fix/The California Report

Mitzia Martinez felt so shellshocked after the presidential election that the 19-year-old UC Berkeley student holed up in her apartment for days, away from her friends and her classes. Martinez needed to make sense of the massive changes her life could face under a Trump administration.

Her biggest concerns: losing the ability to support herself financially and, worse, once again feeling vulnerable to deportation.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix/The California Report.

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