Posted on 01/22/2025 10:24:49 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Leticia Jimenez expects to graduate from Cal State San Bernardino this spring with a degree in business administration.
She came to the country without authorization when she was 2 years old and grew up working the fields of the Coachella Valley with her parents when school was out.
She would be excited about the new opportunities her degree might present, but instead feels anxious every time she leaves the house. “I make sure that I say a good ‘goodbye’ to my parents,” she said. “I go out with more fear— anything can happen.”
Jimenez, 21, is like millions of undocumented immigrants living in California whose lives have become deeply woven into the state’s economy and social fabric — and who are rattled by the flurry of executive orders that President Trump has signed targeting immigrants.
When Jimenez does leave home, she said she always carries a red card detailing her rights under the U.S. Constitution — one in her wallet, one in her car and another in the back of her phone case.
“There’s a big chilling factor that’s going to emerge from this,” said Manuel Pastor, director of the Equity Research Institute at USC, who studies immigrants in the state. About 1 and 8 Californians are in the U.S. illegally or live with a family member who is. Most immigrants without legal status in the state, about 2.4 million people, have resided here for more than a decade, a factor that distinguishes California from other parts of the country.
A dramatic change in enforcement wouldn’t just affect undocumented people, Pastor said, but their family members who are “citizens or documented immigrant relatives.”
Those in California’s most immigrant-reliant industries — manufacturing, agriculture, hospitality, construction — are limiting their trips or staying home.
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“There’s a big chilling factor that’s going to emerge from this,”
EXACTLY.
Too Bad
So Sad
Bye Bye
Sorry your mama and papa were so stupid as to put you in this position, Leticia.
Once we get past this temporary hand-wringing phase, we can get back to really enforcing the laws and prevent this BS from ever happening again.
Fear, fear, fear. I’m so sick of this MSM template of “X community now lives in fear because Trump was elected.” You never see it when a Dem is elected. When the Dem is elected, the template is that whatever the community is now has “hope.”
She should be afraid. As an illegal alien within our nation, Leticia Jimenez, has no rights. She has broken the law and is presently a criminal invader. My question is how did this criminal manage to get into a college and most likely get financial aid to do so?
Hey Leticia,
Both you AND your parents are going to be deported!
Buh Bye!
Blank red cards?
” Oh, this just keeps getting better and better”
~ Michael Weston
EXCERPT:
“About 1 and 8 Californians are in the U.S. illegally or live with a family member who is.”
It’s not our problem that California gave an illegal alien free tuition and benefits. We’re just following the law.
Expect to see a lot more sob stories like this.
We have a right to defend our borders and deport illegal aliens—and it is time to exercise that right.
Debate over....
When Jimenez does leave home, she said she always carries a red card detailing her rights under the U.S. Constitution — one in her wallet, one in her car and another in the back of her phone case.
https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas
https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/documents/red_card-self_srv-english.pdf
Anyone see how ineffective those cards really are?
Illegal immigrant community ,LOL
Their mooching days are OVER
“My question is how did this criminal manage to get into a college and most likely get financial aid to do so?”
Exactly! My kids are allowed to use CA college fee waiver due to my veteran status but they have to jump through hoops proving they qualify. Every stinking semester.
Why is there any uncertainty. They knew they were committing a crime when they entered the USA ILLEGALLY, and Trump told them exactly what he was going to do.
and that is why California will never be Republican again, the Dems made sure to import as many illegals as possible to turn California into a one party rule
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