Her college dream is slipping away. After years in Iowa schools, Sandra watches Congress holds her future in its hands

“Sandra, 19, an undocumented immigrant from Waterloo, feels like her life is on hold.

Her family moved to Waterloo from the Mexican state of Michoacan when she was a young child. Her parents worked in a meatpacking plant.

Growing up, she went to Waterloo schools. She earned good grades and ran track at West High School, where she graduated in 2005. She dreamed of going to college and becoming a doctor. She felt no different from other people. She considered herself an American, an Iowan.”

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