I have spent most my life here, in the great United States of America, once a foreign nation not my own. The United States, the land that I love. I am a “dreamer.” I am living, walking, talking, prosperous proof that my parents’ sacrifices and hard work are paying off. I am thankful, but I cannot rest easy. I can’t get financial aid for school, reserved only for citizens, and I can’t leave the United States because I won’t be allowed back in.

Source: Washington Post August 28, 2017 00:00 UTC