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1) Waiting up to 20 years to be allowed to become a citizen:
2) Being an immigrant business owner and having to send photographs of different employees and your offices in order to prove it's all real:
3) Not being permitted to accept a job or internship due to your immigration status:
4) When you overhear someone say that immigrants take American jobs:
5) Missing yet another flight connection due to scrutiny over your visa status:
6) Applying for two types of visas, but ultimately not qualifying for either:
7) The day you found out about President Obama's memorandum for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) allowing DREAMers to legally work in the US without fear of deportation:
8) Sheer satisfaction of finally joining a team as a paid employee after months/years of volunteering:
9) The relief of finalizing the 8 pounds worth of paperwork it took for you to complete your visa application:
10) What it feels like the immigration services office does with your file:
11) The feeling of being stuck waiting on visa formalities with no time frame:
12) Nervous to speak your mind or stick up for yourself while waiting for final word on your visa application:
13) Waking up for your first day of work after getting your DACA work authorization card:
14) Realizing you'll have to renew your DACA after just two years:
15) Watching the Senate pass a bipartisan immigration reform bill last June:
16) Waiting for the House to take action:
17) Every time a new member of Congress comes out in support of immigration reform:
18) Listening to Congressional leaders say immigration reform will not happen in 2013:
19) When someone asks if you want immigration reform to pass:
20) What you'll do when Congress finally passes immigration reform:
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