Miguel Aguilar

fatbastard · Feb 27, 2017

Will he survive Trump? I know which of the two I'm pulling for, even if he does end up with the Galaxitives.

“He’s targeting people like myself,” Aguilar said. “I think that’s grounds to be concerned.”

A first-round pick of D.C. United in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, Aguilar is believed to be the first DACA recipient to become a professional athlete. And though that temporary status allowed him to work, get a driver’s license and graduate from the University of San Francisco with a finance degree and a 3.7 grade-point average, if the new administration rescinds DACA, Aguilar could find himself the first MLS player to be deported.

That’s a fear that has become prevalent in the DACA community, said Harvard professor Roberto Gonzales, who has done extensive study on the program.

“To be sure, it’s very palpable right now. They’re justified in being anxious,” said Gonzales, who surveyed 2,700 DACA beneficiaries in 2013 and found that nearly 85% of them worried that someone close to them would be deported.
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http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-galaxy-aguilar-baxter-20170225-story.html

fatbastard · Sep 17, 2018

He's written a thing

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/miguel-aguilar-undocumented-galaxy

Today I want to tell you my story. I’m a professional soccer player, but this is not a sports story — not really. It’s not a “success” story or a sob story, either. It’s just a story about my life, and it really means a lot to me that you’re taking a few minutes of your day to read it. After you read it, you can decide for yourself who I am and what’s right and wrong.

My journey doesn’t have an ending yet, but I can tell you the beginning. It starts in the desert, on my eleventh birthday.
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Winoman · Sep 17, 2018

fatbastard said: ↑

He's written a thing

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/miguel-aguilar-undocumented-galaxy
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What a story! I knew a small portion of it, but not the whole thing. Thanks for posting that link.