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DACA recipients saw their mental health improve. Now, advocates fear its end will have the opposite effect.

A UC Davis researcher says they won’t know for sure until their research is complete, but worry that those who lose DACA status will be at risk for anxiety, hopelessness, embarrassment, sadness, shame and self-blame.

DACA recipients saw their mental health improve. Now, advocates fear its end will have the opposite effect.
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Thousands of DACA recipients are scrambling to make the Trump administration’s ‘unworkable and cruel’ deadline

Thousands of DACA recipients are scrambling to make the Trump administration’s ‘unworkable and cruel’ deadline
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How can a ‘sanctuary school’ protect its DACA students?

How can a ‘sanctuary school’ protect its DACA students?
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DACA recipients won’t go back into the shadows quietly

DACA recipients won’t go back into the shadows quietly
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While Trump considers ending DACA, immigrant advocates say don't panic — prepare

While Trump considers ending DACA, immigrant advocates say don't panic — prepare
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Immigration limbo is a ‘tug of emotions.’ It’s also a mental health issue.

With millions of lives in immigration limbo, the long-term effects of uncertainty are beginning to worry mental health experts.

Immigration limbo is a ‘tug of emotions.’ It’s also a mental health issue.
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In the age of Trump, fewer lenders want to provide this med student with student loans

Just 160 out of 11,300 applicants were accepted to Loyola’s medical school. But that’s not the only hurdle for undocumented students who get a coveted spot.

In the age of Trump, fewer lenders want to provide this med student with student loans
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Immigrants brought illegally to the US as kids have new reason to fear the worst under Trump

The deportation of 23-year-old Juan Manuel Montes has made many people given temporary status reason to be nervous. "Now I can't help but look over my shoulder," says Martha Zavala Perez.

Immigrants brought illegally to the US as kids have new reason to fear the worst under Trump