Undocumented Students

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1.1 to 1.4 million students are living in the U.S. Only 7,000-13,000 of undocumented students continue their education and enroll in college (Closing the gap, n.d). The optimism of these students decreases dramatically once they finish high school. Undocumented students are aware of the struggles and barriers that they will face during their path to obtaining a degree. What is the cause behind the decrease of optimism among these undocumented students?.
After families immigrate to the United States they enroll their children in schools. These students remain in school from K-12th grade. Once these students reach high school it starts to become difficult. During high-school these students are aware of their legal status and how serious it is. Not only are they label as being undocumented but it will affect their upcoming decisions after high school. Only 65,000 undocumented students who have lived for about five years in the U.S …show more content…

At a community college the cost is about 3,000 per year. These students come from families that work at factories and get paid minimum wage. It is very difficult to pay for a child education and then worry about any other children who they have to buy essentials for school. For example in North Carolina out of the 31,000 only 775 students will enroll in college (Closing the Gap, n.d). A recent study shows that students begin to feel pessimistic about their future. A discouragement will continue to be the financial stability of many of these students. Even though they are determine to continue on with their education. The facts remain on the table, and working part time or full time can be very difficult. Some of these students start to demonstrate a decrease in their grades, they are not the worst grades but they are not the best either. Therefore some of these students start to be a part time student and take longer to finish and maybe even get

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