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Kate Riley / Times staff columnist
Time for undocumented students' DREAM to be realized

"This is not about a free ride," said one 22-year-old student, a University of Washington junior majoring in two social sciences and minoring in education. "It's about getting the opportunity to compete and do something better with your life." His family moved to Seattle from Mexico City when he was 13. He excelled in school, was admitted to the UW and, under a 6-year-old state law, was better able to afford tuition because he could pay in-state rate. The UW has admitted 553 such students.

Tuesday evening, the co-founder of the Alianza Student Coalition was plotting strategy with more than a dozen other scholars, many in his same boat, at Seattle Central Community College. They are mobilizing to lobby Congress to push their futures into the light.

Read the entire editorial at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009301890_kate05dream.html