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When citizenship doesn't guarantee belonging

My parents immigrated here illegally and I was born a citizen but I still feel like I don't belong anywhere.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Legal status and emotional citizenship operate independently, leaving second-generation immigrants suspended between worlds.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adopted identity — chosen and given?”

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