Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League

By Dan-el Padilla Peralta

Overstaying his visa in the U.S. before he was in kindergarten, Padilla Peralta joined other young DREAM Act scholars to erase his illegal status. His humor, wisdom, success and very American boyhood smash anti-immigration stereotypes.


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