During the eight-year administration of Barack Obama - whom some dubbed the "deporter-in-chief" - about three million people were deported, with a focus on single men from Mexico that could easily be deported from border regions.
"As we stand she has potentially no place and nowhere to go," Ms Nelson said."This is going to have a massive impact on her."
Ms Nelson is from Killyleagh and said pre-school was "massively important" to the town."Normally they have a waiting list to get into Little Stars, its reputation is so high," she said."The wider implications here are massive. The community's going to feel an impact as well.
"I just don't know what I'm going to do."Little Stars is unlikely to be the only pre-school affected by the demand for Pathway funding.
In a statement, a DE spokesperson said: "The increased level of demand for the Pathway Fund exceeds what can be funded from the Department's 2025-26 opening resource allocation.
"The minister has sought executive approval to enhance the Pathway Fund budget from the Early Learning and Childcare Strategy (ELCS) funding being held centrally, in line with 2024-25 arrangements.""It’s just awful and the smell is disgusting," she added.
Others were keen to highlight that Port Talbot’s story is not just one of steel.Iona Walker-Hunt, 17, hopes that the next time the media come to the town "it’s for a film festival – not steel".
"A lot of people think Port Talbot is just the steelworkers, but it’s not. There’s so much more,” said Ms Walker-Hunt, whose dad Nigel is an ex-steelworker who started his own business after being made redundant in 2015."Obviously it’s sad for everyone losing their job, but I also think it’s an opportunity to start something new and start a better name for the town," she said.