There’s Now No Place for Me in America, the Only Country I’ve Ever Known

Ms. Rojas is an engineer who chose to return to Mexico, despite having lived lawfully in Texas since infancy.

I lawfully lived in America starting when I was 4 months old. I learned to walk and talk there. I went to school there, from preschool through college. My closest friends, my career and my family are all there. America is the only home I’ve ever truly known.

Yet in the eyes of our immigration system, I don’t belong.

On the Fourth of July, while millions of Americans gathered for fireworks and celebrations of........

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