By Julia Preston, New York Times
February 8, 2011
MILWAUKEE — It was exhilarating for Maricela Aguilar to stand on the steps of the federal courthouse here one day last summer and reveal for the first time in public that she is an illegal immigrant.
“It’s all about losing that shame of who you are,” Ms. Aguilar, a college student who was born in Mexico but has lived in the United States without legal documents since she was 3 years old, said of her “coming out” at a rally in June. [...]
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A false dawn indeed. The DREAM act really seemed like it had a shot. And while it had many pros, it also had a big con, which is the moral hazard that it would have created. -Proud eb-5 green card holder
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