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AUSTIN, TX – Friday, was graduation day for thousands of University of Texasstudents. Many will go onto successful careers. Those who are inthis country illegally, no matter what their GPA, will not be ableto work. While most upcoming grads are resting for their big day, some UTstudents dressed in their caps and gowns to fight for theiruncertain future. "It's time to be recognized as human beings," said Loren Campos. The faces in the crowd are in the country illegally. Yet, theyovercame all odds and got their degrees. Edilsa L pez has three majors and is draped in honors cords.Despite her 3.3 average, she will not be able to get a job. "There are so many opportunities out there for me right now, but Ican't take any of them," L pez said. Her parents abandoned her in Guatemala at seven. She was thenkidnapped, and spent some of her high school years homeless. "It's so difficult. Sometimes you need a mom," she said. "I don'thave financial resources and food to eat sometimes. So it'sdifficult, but it hasn't stopped me." Daniel Candelaria's mom brought him to Austin from Mexico when hewas 12. "I saw the tower when we were driving into Austin," saidCandelaria. "She said that's where the best university in Texas isat. I told her one day I'm going to go there." He wants to teach middle school, but his application for legalstatus will take 12 more years. "I'm on the edge of a cliff and I don't know what I'm going to do,"he said. These graduates are counting on the passage of the DREAM Act ordevelopment, relief and education for alien minors. If passed, undocumented youths would get a six year longconditional path to citizenship that requires completion of acollege degree or two years of military service. "We want to feel compassion for that. That's a right. That's theright reaction is to feel for these people," said Tony McDonald. Young Conservatives of Texas member Tony McDonald will also get hisdiploma this weekend. He does not support giving his undocumented classmates temporarycitizenship. "A limited form of amnesty is still an amnesty. It provides anincentive for more people to come here illegally. It lets peopleget off the hook for their criminal act," said McDonald. According to the higher education coordinating board, in 2010,there were 16,000 undocumented students enrolled in colleges.Ninety- nine hundred of those students received financial aidtotaling $33 million dollars. UT had the highest enrollment out offour year colleges in the state. For more from Austin, Texas go to myFOXaustin.com. Follow us on twitter.com/foxnewslatino Like us at facebook.com/foxnewslatino. I am an expert from fiber-opticcomponents.com, while we provides the quality product, such as 10G Module , Passive Optical Multiplexer, Fiber Optic Components,and more.
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