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A week like this week would have broken me in the past.

I would have had a panic attack each day. I wouldn't have taken on any tasks. I would have retreated to bed and caved into my despair.

A death. My uncle died. He lived with us since I was 12. My dad became like a second dad. He was only a few years older than me. It just doesn't feel real right now. I don't know how to process this yet. I'll feel this later.

The mundane. I have to manage calls and appointments. Speech therapies and Habitat surveys and a bathroom repair. Call the coroner. Ger funeral quotes & sign waivers. Call the electrician. Call about health insurance. Banl appointment. Everything has to be done this week. I can do it. I have to.

My DACA was due this week. Can't let that go. Not with the state of this country now. They want to ki ll us for not having paperwork done that they don't even know how to fill out. It has to be done. This isn't a ball I can drop.

The final copy of my book is due this week. "This is a blessing", "when can I add the Forward?", "such nice words, do they mean it?", "am I letting Kal watch too much tv?", "bills are due Friday", "don't forget to reply and say thank you"...

Little kids shouldn't have to sit in so many waiting rooms. My poor baby has done so great. Lord, let this be a blip in his memory. I don't want my despair to be his image of me.

His birthday needs planning. It can wait. My dad's birthday is this week. So are my cousins'. What a terrible week for this to happen. How do you make special a pain like this. Porque Dios? My grandparents are coming. Please keep them safe coming here. Hold their hearts through this.

What else do I need to handle? What can I skip. Where can I ask for help? Cancel that appointment. Reschedule. Keep church! Did I eat? Take my meds. Go to sleep. It's just another tough week. At least I don't have a job. Love on my family. Ask for help. Take it. Ask for hugs. Breathe them in. Cry. I got this. We got this.

God's got me through this.

He did save me.

He'll save us all through this.

New post is up on Medium. Heads up, it might be a little harsh but this has been a very, very harsh week.

coachroflores.medium.com/diary-of-a-dreamer-in-maga-country-week-24-66936bc085a9

This Bill will hurt us ALL!
IMPACT:
10–13M lose coverage; 7.8M lose Medicaid
5.6M lose access at health centers; $32B lost revenue
Uncompensated care +$48B/yr by 2034
1.22M jobs lost, $154B GDP drop
Poorest 10%: –$1,600/yr | Richest 10%: +$12,000/yr
8,200–24,600 more deaths/year (hospital estimate)
64% oppose; support drops to 25% when impacts revealed
Debt +$2.4–5T | Debt-to-GDP: 124% by 2034
Medicaid Facts:
1 in 5 Americans on Medicaid
Covers 40% of kids, 60% of nursing home residents
Demographics: 36% children, 10% elderly, 10% disabled
Racial breakdown: 41% White, 29% Hispanic, 22% Black
64% of adult enrollees work full- or part-time
IMMIGRANTS FACTS:
Foreign-born: 18.6% of labor force (~29.1M)
88% of labor force growth (2019–23) = immigrants
2022 taxes:
– Federal: $382.9B | State/local: $196.3B
– Undocumented: $59.4B federal, $13.6B state/local
– Social Security: $25.7B | Medicare: $6.4B
2021: $1.9T earned, $524.7B taxes paid, $1.4T spending power
20% of entrepreneurs are immigrants
25% of new U.S. firms | 45% of Fortune500 immigrant-founded
1994–2023 housing: $88B/yr in property tax, $23B rent, $33B value increase
CBO: Immigration could reduce deficit by $897B/10 yrs
Alt. estimate: +$7T GDP, +$1.2T taxes, –$900B deficit
Texas (2012–18): U.S.-born 2× more likely to commit violent crime, 2.5× drugs, 4× property crimes
Homicide arrests: undocumented =half that of U.S.-born
Homicide convictions/100k: U.S.-born 3.1 | Illegal 2.2 | Legal 1.3
1980–2022: immigrant population doubled, crime fell 60%, violent crime –34.5%
TX homicide convictions/100k (2013–15):– U.S.-born: 2.07 | Black: 10.47 | White: 1.22 | Hispanic: 1.72– Foreign-born: 1.25 | Unauthorized: 1.74

GOD SAYS:
Ex. 22:21 – Don’t oppress the alien; you were aliens.
Lev. 19:33-34 – Treat foreigners as native-born; love them.
Deut. 10:18-19 – God loves and defends foreigners—so must you.
Jer. 7:6-7 – Don’t oppress the foreigner, fatherless, or widow.
Zech. 7:10 – Don’t oppress the widow, orphan, foreigner, or poor.
Prov. 14:31 – Oppressing the poor dishonors God.
Prov. 19:17 – Lending to the poor = lending to God.
Deut. 15:7-8 – Be openhanded to the poor.

And many, many more...

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