Immigrants, supporters await reform with hope, fear

We are all hoping for immigration reform, the new Arizona law may force the issue. - - Donna Poisl

By SARA CASTELLANOS, The Aurora Sentinel

AURORA | Immigration reform became a personal crusade for Sofia when her son dropped out of high school in 2008 because it was futile to graduate when there wasn’t a chance of getting into college without citizenship papers.

Sofia, who did not want to use her actual name because she is in the country illegally, has lived in Colorado since 1997 and has been trying to obtain status as a legal citizen — which would also naturalize her children — for eight years. But government officials told her she could be waiting for her papers until 2017.
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