Posted on 01/17/2018 7:00:10 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff
Mwewa Mwange says that she is shy and avoids conversations, too afraid of awkward moments. But ever since she became eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, she slowly came out of her shell.
She is one of almost 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children who have DACA, which offers temporary protection from deportation and the opportunity to apply for work permits. But shes specifically passionate about black immigrants, a demographic she says often gets ignored in immigrant advocacy circles.
I can step out of this shadow or out of this hiding and be able to tell my story because other people cant, she says. Because in telling my story, other people are finally hearing like, Wait, theres undocumented black people?
(Excerpt) Read more at pri.org ...
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