As the population of undocumented Asians tops 1.7 million, some people say they must speak up or risk losing a chance to fight for DACA, which is under review by the Supreme Court.
Dean Santos arrived in the U.S. from the Philippines when he was 12 and quickly took to American culture. In his teenage years in San Bruno, he played sword and fantasy card games with other kids, watched “South Park” and joined the high school wrestling team.
For Santos, who is now 29, it was personal: He has been in the U.S. without legal status since shortly after he arrived as a boy.In the constellation of activism for those in the country illegally, Santos is in a decided minority — an Asian immigrant fully open about his tenuous status in the United States.” and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, he said he thinks more Asian and Pacific Islanders need to come out of the shadows.
Experts say Asian and Pacific Islander recipients of DACA are often overlooked despite there being over 1.7 million undocumented members of this group in the country, according to May Sudhinaraset, assistant professor in community health sciences in the School of Public Health at UCLA. So-called APIs are the fastest-growing immigrant population in the nation, and in California, represent one out of five immigrants without legal papers.
“We basically had a piece of legislation that gave us a purpose — gave us energy,” said Santos, who works at Immigrants Rising, a San Francisco nonprofit “People have created new lives in this new country and try our best to contribute to society,” she said. “I can’t explain why more Asians aren’t visible when they should be visible talking about this issue. It takes a lot of bravery and sacrifices, but we have to do it.”
Akiko Aspillaga was 10 when she and her mother flew to the U.S. from Manila. Her mom received a work visa, which eventually expired. Aspillaga said even with DACA status she has lived with a feeling of being under “a constant cloud.”
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