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"For as long as I can remember, I've had regular nightmares about being sent back to where I would wander the foreign streets and have to adjust to an unfamiliar system. My greatest fear is being forced to return to a place I have never really known." - Bhumika... show more

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Improve The Dream3 years ago

Watch Bhumika's full presentation: Visit to take action for the over 200,000 children of long term visa holders who face aging out.

Bhumika Prem3 years ago

@TEDTalks #thankyou for sharing.

Brijesh Kumar3 years ago

@TEDTalks @RepBonnie @RepJohnCurtis @BobMenendezNJ please help these kids

Harish Patel3 years ago

@TEDTalks @NikkiHaley @VivekGRamaswamy @USCISDirector

Ba Smith3 years ago

@TEDTalks Anirban Das should give a TED Talk on Indian students being scammed. @JahinChowdhury @BhumikaPrem @mohank2010 @arawn1 @brrhaspati @swapansinha1970 @salsha110 @sujit_sadigale @RamWiseGamgee @sanatanihindu99 @viramitraval @PS8IndiaUS

sridhar3 years ago

@TEDTalks @MichelleObama @BarackObama @POTUS Can we expand DACA, to legal dreamers who lived in the country for decades , as a parent I can’t allow my kid to suffer whatever I am going through this GC backlog !

nonameo3 years ago

@TEDTalks What's so wrong about returning to India?? India is never at war, the food is great, the weather is also great, opportunities are like never before. Is it her parents fault to not explain things to her?

The Legend David Sharpe3 years ago

@TEDTalks

mattcraigofficial2 years ago

@muhil_ravi @TEDTalks Horrible that you don't know your family horrible that you don't know your community horrible that you don't know you're home horrible that you don't know your culture horrible that you don't know your Society horrible that you don't know your ethnicity horrible that you don't kn

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