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VALEDICTORIAN GIVES UNDOCUMENTED CLASSMATE A CHANCE TO PURSUE A DREAM

By immigrationprof

A Salinas student with a near-full ride to Princeton and a $40,000 Matsui Foundation scholarship gave the scholarship to Hector Rojas, an undocumented student, to go to UC Davis. He intends on majoring in math and returning to his community as a teacher.

Undocumented students are ineligible for federal financial aid and loans.  This feel good story has provoked some controversy, which is not surprising in these times.

KJ