days it feels like our sacrifices aren't enough. and our trauma isn't enough. >> reporter: oscar was his high school class president. but then his father got deported. since then, he has had to work up to four jobs at a time to help his mother feed a family of six. >> i work in the swap meet, a taco stand. i worked in a food restaurant, just about anything, just to make sure my family has food on the table. >> reporter: now he manages work and college. >> when do you sleep? >> hardly ever. >> reporter: christine got into the college of her dreams. her father tried to pay for it, but that dream eventually died with no financial aid. >> he wanted me to be there. and every time i see him write the amounts on the check, just seeing that, i just couldn't anymore. >> reporter: at 25, she now works at the korean resource center, hoping to make a better life for other immigrants like her. she says politicians have failed them. >> it's quite tiring,