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b'Welcome Manuela from East Hampton to the Immigration MIC podcast! \\n\\nGet to know her journey in this in-depth interview where you will hear this driven young woman\\u2019s personality shine: \\n\\n\\n\\U0001f535 Manuela is a DACA recipient from Colombia: hear her talk about the factors that led her family to leave, the experience of being kidnapped and robbed by police in Venezuela, the journey to the US Mexico border, and being reunited as a family on the East End of Long Island. \\n\\n\\U0001f534 How in 3rd grade, she was already aware of the danger that ICE posed to her family, writing \\u201cimmigration police is my biggest fear\\u201d as part of a class assignment, and her lifelong fear of green vans. \\n\\n\\u26ab\\ufe0f She talks about the racial divide that she began witnessing among her classmates as she got older, and how the intensity of the fights became more real between White and Latino students, which continues to this day. \\n\\n\\U0001f535 How she was able to live the \\u201cmost normal life\\u201d when DACA passed, \\n\\n\\U0001f534 Laura Lemus\\u2019 influence on Manuela\\u2019s future, four years ago, which was the first time she was inspired to talk about her personal story with other undocumented students. \\n\\n\\u26ab\\ufe0f How during the days of the Trump campaign, during her senior year, many students would chant \\u201cTrump\\u201d and \\u201cBuild The Wall\\u201d at sporting events, as well as a presentation in her US History class \\u201ckeeping illegals out\\u201d \\n\\n\\U0001f535 A traumatizing experience of her family being harassed/ abused verbally and almost physically by a landlord who threatened to call immigration on the family. \\n\\n\\U0001f534 How she\\u2019s been leveraging her personal story at SUNY Old Westbury, and how professors and other students have been supporting her journey, ever since. \\n\\n\\u26ab\\ufe0f The organization at SUNY Old Westbury that she and other students have recently founded \\u201cUndocumented Students Alliance\\u201d, and the work she\\u2019s doing as Public Relations Chair. \\n\\nThank you for this amazing interview Manuela! I can definitely say this was one of the most passionate interviews, and I thank you sincerely for choosing the podcast to share blow off all the pent up emotions, and I look forward to continue to support you - YOU INSPIRE ME!'