Literature Student: Students and Community Members

literature student: At Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., more than 2,000 students and professors signed a petition asking the university to join other institutions and declare itself a sanctuary, or safe haven, for undocumented students, according to Toronto Star. I am frightened, said one literature student, who asked not to be identified for fear she could be deported. Bernard Weil / Toronto Star By Marina Jimenez Foreign Affairs Writer Mon., Jan. 2, 2017 ITHACA, N.Y. In a time of fear and uncertainty, college campuses and cities across the U.S. are vowing to fight back if president-elect Donald Trump tries to deport students and law-abiding community members who lack legal status. But I am also encouraged to see people mobilizing and organizing and preparing for Trump to carry out his threat to deport millions of illegals. Article Continued Below My parents brought me from Mexico to Los Angeles when I was 8. As many as 740,000 children and teenagers including this woman in her 20s were given temporary amnesty four years ago when President Barack Obama passed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA . Now these DREAMers named after an earlier version of the act which was not passed fear they, or their parents, will be targeted if they come out of the shadows. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.