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Two-and-a-half years ago, when Margarita left her home in Venezuela to study in the US, she had high hopes. No one in her family had ever attended university, let alone studied abroad, and she relished the opportunity to perfect her English and complete a Bachelor’s degree.

Trump’s election changed that and Margarita says that she now worries about whether it is in her best interest to remain in the country. Despite having a student visa, she says that she’s always on edge. Nonetheless, she has decided to stay and finish her degree. “I want to make my dreams come true,” she told Truthout. “I do not want to leave something half-way, that is incomplete.” She expects to receive her undergraduate diploma in the spring of 2019.

Like most international students, Margarita is not eligible for financial aid and her family pays her tuition and living expenses out of pocket, in this case at $320 a credit. It’s a huge investment, and as bias incidents and hateful rhetoric about immigrants ramp up, many would-be international […]

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