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Undocumented immigrants may get help for college.
Byline: Patrick McGee
FORT WORTH, Texas _ College shouldn't be difficult for Joaquin, who mastered Advanced Placement classes in a language he learned only four years ago and recently graduated 12th in his high school class.
But paying for it will be. The 19-year-old is an undocumented immigrant. He doesn't qualify for federal financial aid, which makes up 90 percent of the average Texas college student's aid package.
Every year, about 65,000 U.S. high school graduates are ineligible for this aid because they are undocumented immigrants, according to the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.
Congress is considering the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, which would make some undocumented immigrant students eligible for federal loans, but not grants. The bill would make students who immigrated here five or more years ago at the age of 15 or younger eligible for legal ...
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