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[Editor's note: In late November, 18-year-old undocumented Texas resident Joaquin Luna ended his life. Jose Antonio Vargas reports that letters he left behind revealed his pain over his immigration status, and that his brother said he was "counting on the passage of the federal DREAM Act, which would provide a path to legalization to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as minor." Fellow DREAMer Thailandia Alafitta wrote a moving tribute on Latino Politics blog. -- Julie]
On Friday, Joaquin dressed up in a nice suit, kissed his mother and his father goodbye, and then headed straight for the restroom where he shot himself with a small handgun leaving behind his dreams, letting them evaporate into thin air. He wanted to become an engineer. He was going to graduate in May with honors. Just five more months. He had a full ride to many prestigious universities one of them being Texas A&M University, he could’ve been an Aggie, like me, like all my Aggie DREAMer brothers and sisters, and then, he would have found us, we would have found him. But there’s no sense in reminiscing on what could have been. The damage is done, and 2 million other DREAMers have lost a brother and are mourning, all around the country in solidarity with his friends and loved ones.
