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Season 1
Episode 56
Published 1 year, 11 months ago
Description
On Today's Episode:
- Americans often have an exaggerated, closed-minded view of immigration.
- The majority of immigrants come to the US legally but end up overstaying their visas.
- Have compassion for your parents. They did the best they could.
- Trauma and patterns get passed on unless someone chooses to break the cycle.
- Book Referenced: "Laws of Human Nature" by Robert Greene.
- The sleepover that never ended.
- The Dream Act allowed me to pursue college.
- DACA enabled me to work and avoid deportation in two-year increments.
- Consider the downsides of DACA.
- My feelings about not seeing my relatives for over 20 years.
- We all have a story that shapes us. You can choose whether it propels you forward in strength or holds you back in victimhood.
- You are not solely defined by your story.
- Don’t become so attached to your label that you're afraid to grow beyond it.
- You can’t paint immigration with a broad brush.
AND MORE!
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