The Thing Is, I’m Undocumented

“This is Oumou Troure. She’s an all-American girl who grew up in Boston and loves the Celtics, playing the saxophone, and window-shopping on Newbury Street. She’s also one of the 65,000 kids in the U.S. who graduate high school

each year but aren’t legal residents. So even though she’s been accepted to college, she can’t get a loan to pay for it. She can’t get a job to support herself, either. When she tells me this, I step closer, ignoring my parents’ constant warnings to never talk about what I’m about cialis to say — you can never tell who’s listening. “I know what you’re going through,” I whisper.

Published in Boston Magazine, Grace Talusan’s emotional account of her interactions with an undocumented high school student, Oumou Troure, is an remarkably intimate relation of a problem that exists throughout the United States and involves individuals from a wide-variety of backgrounds.
Once an undocumented immigrant herself, it is obvious from reading her article that Grace has a real grasp on this issue and that her ability to articulate her knowledge of the circumstances facing millions of youth is unique.
Even so, perhaps the most important impression one gets from reading is that these youth are human beings with the same emotions, dreams and goals as all of us.
Unfortunately, this is also an often overlooked point by the many pundits and politicians who frequently discuss the issue, leading to a gross misunderstanding of what is at stake.
We encourage you to read the entire article in Boston Magazine, and as always, to get involved in the discussion.

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