Undocumented in the Ivy League
Undocumented in the Ivy League
Yale freshman Alejandro Sánchez was conditionally accepted into a prestigious summer program to study economics abroad. But unlike his friends, it isn’t guaranteed that he can ever come back.
Sitting in one of New Haven’s trendy coffee shops, Yale freshman Alejandro Sánchez has exciting news. Along with some of his classmates, he was conditionally accepted into a prestigious summer program to study economics abroad. But unlike his friends, it isn’t guaranteed that he can ever come back.
Alejandro is an undocumented immigrant, one of an estimated 200,000 to 225,000 across U.S. college campuses. He is also so much more—a former valedictorian interested in economics and computer...
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