Immigrant children struggle to get college aid

This writer wants financial aid for immigrant children to go to college and not be punished for decisions they did not make. - - Donna Poisl

by Paul Penniman

I would like to shine a light on an issue rarely discussed because, despite the best efforts of the Pew Hispanic Center, it is nearly impossible to count immigrants and their children properly. When children without documents, or those whose parents do not have documents, attend school, they are not asked about their status. These children are rarely in the official workforce, either. But a large percentage of high school seniors in the District who are immigrants or children of immigrants, perhaps up to 30 percent, are shut out of access to college financial aid.
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