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Futures of undocumented kids in doubt

By Rolando Pujol, amNewYork Staff Writer | rolando.pujol@am-ny.com
June 12, 2007

A hidden problem is poised to come into greater view soon: The saga of undocumented students, many of who came here as young children in the 1990s, who are now questioning whether they can move on to college and beyond.

Their parents are gearing up for the heartbreak of long-held dreams unrealized.

"Right now we're just beginning to see in New York children who have been here since they were infants, who came as undocumented immigrants but have been here essentially their entire lives, graduate from high school" and they can't take out college loans, said cultural anthropologist Alyshia Galvez.

That's a concern shared by the Mexico Consul General Ramon Xitotl-Ramirez: "Why don't the immigration reform incorporate channels of legalization for those young boys and girls" upon completion of studies.

Related topic galleries: Illegal Immigrants, Demographics, New York

Copyright © 2008, AM New York

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