“It’s a lot to take in,” said Brian De Los Santos, editor of LAist and a DACA recipient. At that time, De Los Santos was working for the Los Angeles Times and wrote about the uncertainty he felt then. When I asked what he does to keep any mental health issue in check, De Los Santos said he tries to parse what is out of his hands and what he can control. Advertisement“Let’s say they take away the DACA program and I get deported back to Mexico,” Pacheco posited. De Los Santos, Pacheco and the hundreds of thousands like them deserve better.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 22, 2021 12:22 UTC