Asian Americans aren’t always the stereotypical whiz kids who mess up the curve in math.
Sometimes they make up a school’s undocumented students, a group that is far more diverse than anyone thinks.
And if there’s something more typical than not, most of the students are struggling financially just to stay in school.
They are students like Paul, a senior at one of the 10 UC campuses.
He’s just a “regular” student. Not an activist. So he’s not as bold as some of the out-front DREAMERS who will gladly give out their names as if to tempt fate and dare deportation.
Paul told me he still fears it.
“Yeah it crosses my mind a couple of times a month,” he told me over the phone. “If I were to come across the path of ICE or be detained by police, deportation might be a strong possibility.”
