September 19, 2010
Illegal Voices: 4 Undocumented Students Describe Uncertain Futures
Wyatt McSpadden for The Chronicle
Him Ranjit, a sophomore at the U. of Texas at Austin, was born in Nepal. "Before, everybody was scared to say we're undocumented," he says. "Now people are less fearful."
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Wyatt McSpadden for The Chronicle
Him Ranjit, a sophomore at the U. of Texas at Austin, was born in Nepal. "Before, everybody was scared to say we're undocumented," he says. "Now people are less fearful."
Austin, Tex.
As another academic year gets under way, thousands of undocumented students are looking ahead to uncertain futures, grateful for the opportunity to attend college but wondering if anyone will hire them when they graduate.
Such feelings are widespread at a time of high unemployment and economic malaise. But for students like Edilsa, Him, Anh-Thu, and José—four University of Texas students who were brought to the United States as children—those fears are compounded by
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