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“"I was finishing law school, preparing to take the bar, but I couldn't because I was technically in deportation proceedings."
- Jabu from Sierra Leone #31DaysofImmigrationStories
Last week, the Senate failed to pass immigration reform, including a solution for Dreamers. I felt so sad and angry. And I almost wasn't even sure how to process this gross negligence with real people's lives.
And then I got ready to go to prom.
Yes, adult prom. It was everything you can imagine it to be. I spent the evening with my lifelong date, dancing to 90's hits in heels that made my feet hurt.
Aren't these types of emotional whiplash moments familiar to us all?
A friend told me she received a text message from her mother that said simply, "Yay!! They just got engaged!" Naturally, she assumed her mother was texting her about The Bachelor. But nope. My book.
Her mom is reading Love Undocumented, and at the end of the day, the thread through the book is a love story.
Sometimes my husband and I talk about the future needs of our aging parents and how we anticipate the details of their care. We are only a couple years away from being part of what is often called the “sandwich generation,” meaning adults in their 40’s and 50’s raising minor children and with parents over 65. One challenge we have often discussed in considering future care is the fact that my husband’s parents are Guatemalan and live at home in Guatemala City.
In last week’s State of the Union address, President Trump laid out his four-pillar framework for addressing immigration reform.
