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Dreamers in limbo
MJC hosts event to raise DACA awareness
Dreamers
Ariana Gonzales and Eddie Mendoza look on as Solange Altman speaks during a panel discussion about Dreamers at Modesto Junior College on Thursday night. - photo by ANGELINA MARTIN/The Journal
As the U.S. Senate turned down plans Thursday night to spare America’s 800,000 “Dreamer” immigrants from deportation, the Modesto Junior College Civic Engagement Project simultaneously hosted a panel discussion at its campus, sharing what’s next for undocumented students. The MJC CEP treated the community to a screening of the short documentary “The Dream is Now,” which follows four Dreamers and their individual fights for citizenship. One of the students featured in the film had dreams of enlisting in the U.S. Army but couldn’t because of his undocumented status, while another showed off her Summa Cum Laude medal, unsure if she would be able to afford graduate school because of rising tuition rates for students here illegally.