But as far as the healthcare, whenever any of us would get sick, we would toughen it up as much as possible. We didn't have the regular checkups. And luckily enough, we were pretty healthy, considering the malnutrition that we suffered through --
AMY GOODMAN: Dulce Garcia --
DULCE GARCIA: -- for quite a bit of time.
AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to ask --
DULCE GARCIA: Yes.
AMY GOODMAN: You're not the first to sue. I mean, 15 states have sued around President Trump rescinding DACA. But you're the first DACA recipient, representing other DACA recipients, to sue. Can you talk about the significance of this and your fellow DACA recipients, like the Thai medical student that you're representing?
DULCE GARCIA: Yes. I want to emphasize that the people that are named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, this is just a very small sample of the 800,000 DACA recipients. We're not the best of the best. We're not the brightest. We're not the most accomplished. This is just a very small sample of what the 800,000 DACA recipients are doing in our community. They are just so amazing, and so many of them are doing such great work in our communities. But the named plaintiffs are very incredible people. So, I feel very privileged to be working with them and working with the team behind this lawsuit.
But I want to emphasize that, you know, the 800,000 DACA recipients, we're in our communities. We're teachers, doctors, lawyers and mothers and hard-working parents, hard-working fathers, wanting to provide for their families. And a lot of them are in incredible schools and doing incredible work for our communities. And, to me, the fact that we are, in a way, providing a voice for the 800,000 DACA recipients, I am more than honored to be.
AMY GOODMAN: Before we wrap up, can you tell us the grounds on which you're suing?
DULCE GARCIA: Yes. It's several grounds. One of them is the promise that we relied on. We relied on the government telling us, "Come out of the shadows, give us your information, and you won't be deported. You'll renew your DACA permit for two years." And I very much depended on that. I have a practice, and I just opened a second law firm this year. And I signed a five-year lease this year in May, thinking that I would be able to renew this DACA work permit. And so a lot of us depended on this promise of the government saying, "If you step out of the shadows, you do the right thing, you follow the rules, and we're going to protect you." And I went out into the community as a lawyer asking people to sign up for DACA: "Come out of the shadows. You're going to be saved. It'll be a life changer for you. There's so many benefits to being able to walk around without the fear of being deported... And now I am scared and terrified --
AMY GOODMAN: Oh, it looks like we have just lost our satellite feed with Dulce Garcia. Dulce Garcia, an immigration and criminal defense lawyer in San Diego. She's one of six DREAMERs who have sued the Trump administration -- she's one of six DREAMers who have sued the Trump administration over its plans to rescind DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. She's been in the country since she was four years old.
When we come back, President Trump's childhood home in Queens is now, well, renting out as an Airbnb. So some refugees stayed overnight and talked about their dreams. Stay with us.
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