I want
to be a role model and mentor to students by succeeding in a
science career myself. If I can do it, so can they! But without DACA, and without the Dream Act, Priscilla and 20,000
other teachers just like her will lose their jobs in America. I am not
exaggerating. DACA gives Priscilla the legal right to work in America. If she loses that DACA protection on the March 5 deadline, or whenever
her renewal comes up, at that point she can no longer work in the
United States. This is not an isolated case. I have told the story many times about
28 students at the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in
Chicago. They are all protected by DACA. They came to that medical
school in open competition--no quotas, no special slots. They are the
best and brightest. They came from all over the United States because
Loyola University--thank goodness--decided they deserved a chance. Young people like them all across America who had given up on a medical
education because they were undocumented finally had their chance under
DACA. Twenty-eight of them now are dedicated to becoming doctors. They can't borrow money from our Federal Government, as I mentioned
before.
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