In March 2014, my siblings’ family managed to send me $5000 from China when I made them aware of the fact that I lived a difficult life and ran out of money on my credit card. By the end of May 2014, with less than $3000 left on my card and over $3000 tuition fee due, I could not register for the summer semester. Under my ex-fiance's request, my school took the affidavit of support out of my student account, and asked me to use litigation to resolve the situation myself.
With $500 paid in early July 2014 and $1500 paid in late July 2014 as the attorney fee, I had one meal a day or one meal every two days. In order to survive, I exchanged my labor in a Chinese restaurant for food from late July 2014 to early Oct. 2014. In the meantime, my school had my student account on hold, when I could not pay the tuition for the spring, summer, and fall semesters in 2014.
In early Oct. 2014, I lost the opportunity to exchange my labor for food. At the same time, my ex-fiance refused to fulfill the court decision that was made in early Oct. 2014 concerning the affidavit of support; instead, he went to Miami for his romantic vacation. I had no choice but to borrow a loan from my sister who had to contact her ex-husband for my sake. Before I received the loan, I was hospitalized in late Oct. 2014 after I lost weight by 30 pounds within half a year, lost consciousness twice a day and suffered from temporary blindness as a result of his intentional infliction of starvation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
My ex-fiance could look for excuses everywhere for his own irresponsible behaviors. He refused to provide food or any expense to me after he broke our engagement, because I had a "rich family" in China and I led a “luxurious” life: The fact is that I walked two hours daily with worn shoes and injured feet, had one meal a day, lost consciousness due to anemia, gastritis, depression, and anxiety, was dismissed from my doctoral program due to the probation placed on me after I failed to pay tuition for a few semesters, was put into a criminal charge of trespassing that occurred when the living room as my sleeping area offered no ideal place for academic work and thereby I had to look for somewhere else to work on my papers. The domestic violence and criminal charge of trespassing combined to make me dismissed from my doctoral program and make me an illegal immigrant.