For many undocumented seniors at Washington State University, the excitement and pride they feel before graduating is often accompanied with anxiety about how their immigration status will impact their ability to work in the United States.
One such senior on the Pullman campus has been waiting six years for her application for U.S. residency to be reviewed and has no idea when or if it will happen. The student, who asked to remain anonymous, was born in Mexico and moved to Washington with her parents in 2012 to escape violence in her hometown and have access to better educational opportunities.
With her college days coming to an end soon, she fears her residency application is doomed by the ever-changing political climate and delays brought by the pandemic. But a meeting with a representative of the Immigration Litigation and Appellate Clinic at the University of Idaho (UI) gave her new hope that her case may not be dead.
Thanks to a unique partnership between WSU’s Undocumented Initiatives and the UI College of Law, students like her across the WSU system have free access to immigration consultations that help them navigate the complex immigration process.
“The services provided by this program allow us to be heard,” she said, referring to undocumented students. “If I didn’t have access to them, I would be in the dark not knowing what to do or who I can trust.”
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