Reaching the Dream

Screen Shot 2014-01-22 at 9.15.54 AMThis would be a huge victory for immigration reform: “Florida Legislature may back in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants”

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“TALLAHASSEE — Driven by her dream of becoming a doctor, Mariana Castro won a coveted spot in the neurobiological sciences program at the University of Florida.

But one thing still stands in her way.

A native of Peru who came to the United States illegally as a child, Castro doesn’t qualiFy for in-state tuition. It doesn’t matter that she has lived in Florida since she was 10, or that she has temporary legal standing under a federal program for young immigrants. She must still pay the $28,548 in tuition and fees charged to out-of-state students, more than four times the amount charged to Florida residents.”