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How DACA and My Immigrant Experience Shaped My Perspective as a Film Critic (Guest Column)

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Carlos Aguilar As a freelance film critic working in Los Angeles for the past seven years, and a resident of the city since I came from Mexico in my early teens, I’ve been lucky to find supporters at publications and film-related institutions who’ve found value in my work and insights.That’s why three years ago when the Trump administration rescinded DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) — the Obama-era program that offered temporary protection to nearly a million undocumented youth — I publicly revealed that I’m one of the recipients who would be directly impacted if the courts decided to terminate it.Confronted with the terrifying prospect of losing everything I’d built up to that point, it seemed imperative to share my story.

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