Dilan Garcia Lopez

Nov 13, 2024 | buzzfeed.com | Dilan Garcia Lopez |Dilan López

Goodful·Posted on Nov 13, 2024"It’s unimaginable to me that I could be deported after having given so much to have what I have now, only for it to be stripped from me and consolidated into a duffle bag if I was sent back." Some of my earliest memories are of my immigrant mother’s constant instructions: Learn English, work hard, and don’t talk too much about where we’re from; get an education so you have a better future.

Nov 13, 2024 | yahoo.com | Dilan Garcia Lopez |Dilan López

Generate Key TakeawaysSome of my earliest memories are of my immigrant mother’s constant instructions: Learn English, work hard, and don’t talk too much about where we’re from; get an education so you have a better future. I didn’t fully understand why then, but I knew that our lives weren’t like those of my classmates, nor the affluent clients whom she cleaned houses for in Los Feliz to keep food on the table as a single mother.