[NLA] Undocumented Youth-Legislation Alert

[Missm1775@aol.com]

I will gladly draft an email in support of this legislation. I work with 
undocumented minors and I have seen the tremendous devastation of a 20 year 
old man being sent 'home' to El Salvador after he had been taken to this 
country by his parents when he was 10 or 12 years old. One thing that 
troubles me is the high school graduation requirement. Many of these families 
were refugee families and the children had interrupted schooling at best due 
to their country's political situation, and they do not succeed in U. S 
schools. Often times they must work to help support the family and the lack 
of native language literacy skills makes the acquisition of CALP difficult in 
the best of circumstances.
   I hope that this facet of the bill will be modified if enough people point 
out this issue.
Best,
Margo DelliCarpini
ESL Coordinator
REROUT/EL/CIVICS Eastern Suffolk BOCES, NY

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