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Undocumented Students From The United States

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Undocumented Students in Georgia
Shelby Gonzalez
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According to Golden Door Scholar, there are 1.4 million undocumented students in the United States and out of the 1.4 million students, only 7,000 will attend college. Defined by Educators for fair consideration, undocumented students are “foreign national individuals who entered the United States without inspection or with fraudulent documents.” There are programs to make it easier for undocumented students to attain an education like the DREAM Act. Although the DREAM Act is in effect, this is still not enough for undocumented students to attend good colleges and get the same rights as a citizen of the United States. Undocumented students should live their life …show more content…

If they are lucky, they can find a job and contribute to paying for example, the rent or water bill of the house. Supporting a family and wanting an education seems impossible for an undocumented student. On top of that, undocumented students have to pay more for college than other students around the states (Undocumented Student tuition, 2010). There was also a ban put in place that limited the options for undocumented students living in Georgia.
Georgia created a ban in 2010 saying undocumented students cannot attend specific colleges/universities which affected many students (Correspondent, 2013). In 2010, University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State University and others prohibited undocumented students to attend these respective colleges (Brown, 2010), limiting the college options in Georgia even more. The colleges mentioned are some of the best colleges in Georgia but limiting the options is more trouble for Georgians. An undocumented student may be the best of his class but will have to attend a community college because he does not have enough money nor will he be able to attend the college of his dreams because it is prohibited to attend there. This may cause trouble because when put out to the real world, jobs will not pick a student because they studied in a community college. Proposals like The DREAM Act try to help undocumented students to attend a good college. This

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