Abstract
Mexican immigrants have been particularly targeted by the current administration; from an increased focus on immigration enforcement to a proposed expansion of a wall on the southern border. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program shielded young immigrants from deportation however, the cancellation of this program and the uncertainty around it, has heightened their fears and legal vulnerability. The current political climate adds strain to their everyday life given that we are living in an openly anti-immigrant climate. In this study, I use a Critical Race Theory to examine the ways that young Mexican undocumented immigrants respond to the legal vulnerability they encountered under the Trump presidency and how they make sense of this and the continuous attacks on them and their families in the context of increased anti-immigrant hostility. This is a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with undocumented Mexican immigrants attending a University in Northern California.