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Why legal status does not always create psychological security

I got my citizenship last month but I still flinch when I see ICE trucks and wonder if this paper actually means I am safe.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Years of vulnerability leave lasting imprints that official documents cannot immediately erase.

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