How Immigrants Without Legal Status Can Pay for College
Scholarships, state aid and tuition payment plans can help make college a financial reality for some immigrant students.
By Kelsey Sheehy, Contributor |Aug. 15, 2014, at 8:00 a.m.
More than 1 million immigrant children without legal status reportedly live in the United States. Roughly 65,000 graduate from high school each year, but experts estimate that fewer than 6,500 go on to attend college.
Two major barriers – a lack of information and assistance – often prevent immigrant teens without legal permission from continuing their education, says Laura Bohorquez, coordinator of the DREAM Educational Empowerment Program at United We Dream, a nonprofit immigrant advocacy organization.
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