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Andrea Robles, a 20-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico who is struggling to pay for college because she can't get loans, is among more than a half-million illegal-immigrant youths and young adults in California who could be eligible to apply for legal status under legislation pending in Congress.
"I support it because I think that when everybody hears the word illegal, they think we're doing something wrong," said Robles, a Colton resident. "For me, when I'm going to school and working, there's nothing wrong with that."See the full content of this document
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Dream Act Still a Dream
She might find agreement from more than 2.1 million illegal immigrant youths - about 1 in 4 of whom live in California.
That's how many in the country could benefit from the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, also known as the Dream Act, according to a report r...See the full content of this document
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