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Opinion: Dreamers like me fill critical gaps in mental health care. The Dream and Promise Act will let us keep doing that

Passing the American Dream and Promise Act to give Dreamers a pathway to citizenship would benefit not just the Dreamers but also the health care system and all of the…
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In 1993, when I was 3 years old, my family left Pakistan for the United States. My parents were searching for a brighter, safer future and better educational opportunities for their children. All of that came true for me, but now it is being threatened by President Trump’s the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which gives young undocumented immigrants — often called Dreamers — the right to live and work in the United States without fear of

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