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How undocumented status affects long-term identity formation

I've been undocumented for twelve years and I've built a whole life here but I live in constant fear that one day I'll just disappear and no one will remember I existed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Legal precarity creates existential instability where invested belonging remains perpetually threatened.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Immigration & Cultural Transition?”

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