Graduate of UCLA
23-year-old graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, she is an illegal immigrant and has been working with Dream Team Los Angeles, a student group working on behalf of the DREAM Act
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Nancy Meza
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FROM Nancy Meza
Which Way, L.A.?
US Senate Dumps the DREAM Act Last Wednesday, undocumented immigrant students cheered when the so-called DREAM Act passed the House, but this weekend it was killed by Republicans in the Senate. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act would have granted the students and others a path to legal status if they were brought to this country before they turned 16.
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