Obama Policy on Young Immigrants Creates 800,000 Dreams

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Carolina Canizales worked her way through college in a series of odd jobs, from dog-walking to housecleaning, with hopes for a brighter future shadowed by concern over her status as an undocumented immigrant.

“I got used to being patient in the limbo that I’ve been living in,” said Canizales, 22, who says her family came illegally to Texas from Monterrey in northern Mexico when she was 10 years old. “I’ve always tried to be very optimistic.”