Reina is a model student. After completing high school and graduating
with high honors from Bunker Hill Community College, she won a
scholarship and transferred to UMass Boston, where she currently has a
double major in philosophy and in public policy. Until DACA came along, Reina had to live in the shadows, and living
in the shadows wasn't easy. She worked long hours in a restaurant where
she was subjected to sexual harassment. Knowing that she didn't have
legal status, Reina's boss frequently propositioned her to have a
sexual relationship with him and threatened to report her to
immigration authorities if she didn't go along with what he wanted. So
instead of giving in to her boss's advances, Reina quit her job, even
though her boss refused to pay her for the work that she had already
completed. DACA changed the world for Reina. It meant protection. It meant that
she could go to work without the fear of being sent back to a country
that she barely knew.
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