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Washington State Approves Financial Aid For Undocumented Students

Published February 27, 2014 at 11:25 AM CST
Dulce Siguenza is a 19-year old student at South Seattle Community College who had to drop out of the University of Washington because it was too expensive. Siguenza came to the United States from Mexico with her parents when she was 11. She says access to the State Need Grant would allow her to return to the UW and pursue her dream of becoming a psychologist. (Austin Jenkins)
Dulce Siguenza is a 19-year old student at South Seattle Community College who had to drop out of the University of Washington because it was too expensive. Siguenza came to the United States from Mexico with her parents when she was 11. She says access to the State Need Grant would allow her to return to the UW and pursue her dream of becoming a psychologist. (Austin Jenkins)

At Washington’s state capitol in Olympia, a Mariachi band played yesterday after Democratic Governor Jay Inslee signed the “Real Hope Act.”

The law makes Washington the fourth state to allow undocumented students to receive state-funded financial aid. It’s also stirring controversy because the aid program is already underfunded.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Austin Jenkins of Northwest News Network explains.

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