When Manjot Singh first arrived at San Joaquin Delta College, he spent months sleeping in his car. An international student who entered the United States alone, Singh said he didn’t know where to ask for help, what resources he qualified for or how to navigate campus life.
“I slept seven months in the car,” he said. “Nobody told me about the Dreamer [Success] Center.”
His experience is not isolated. Across California, undocumented and mixed-status students can face barriers to higher education, including uncertainty around legal services, limited access to federal financial aid and unfamiliar campus systems…