Liz Medina-Gonzalez

By Liz Medina-Gonzalez In a Washington, D.C. neighborhood, a seventeen-year-old arrives home from school and greets his parents who have spent the entire day hiding inside. [1] His parents sit him down and ask him to decide where he will go if they are deported. [2] The son must choose between going to college without his parents or starting over in a foreign country. [3] When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) surrounded their neighborhood, the family started hiding inside and...

By Liz Medina-Gonzalez Introduction For many high-school graduates, living the American dream often includes the pursuit of higher education but for undocumented students this dream is a waking nightmare. [1] Under current federal law, undocumented children who seek to pursue higher education have few protection against detention and deportation. [2] For example, the Trump administration has rescinded programs like Special Juvenile Status (SJI), which had granted automatic deferred action...