Since its "soft launch" in December, the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form has proved to be a logistical nightmare for millions of families who rely on the financial aid form to obtain federal grants and loans. While the streamlined form was intended to simplify the financial aid process, it has instead been plagued by glitches that have made it literally impossible for students whose parents don't have social security numbers to complete the form.
"It's just draining and exhausting," Aaron Dominguez, a high school senior whose immigrant mother doesn't have a Social Security Number told The Chronicle of Higher Education. "I know I have the right to ask for federal aid. But they've just made things so much harder for people like me. It's unfair. The government clearly just sees us like an afterthought."
