'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Democrats broke yet another barrier Wednesday when they invited an illegal immigrant young adult onto the stage at their nominating convention in Charlotte — part of a historic Hispanic outreach program that the party hopes will cement ties to the fast-growing ethnic voting bloc in the country.
Mr. Veliz said she was brought to the U.S. as a child, graduated as valedictorian of her high school at 16 and earned a double-major degree from college at 20.
"I've had to live almost my entire life knowing I could be deported just because of the way I came here," she said. "President Obama fought for the Dream Act to help people like me."
