PHOTO: Sen. Mark Warner Welcomes Undocumented Student as His Guest to State of the Union
Fairfax High grad must pay higher out-of-state tuition rates for college after entering country illegally at age 12.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s special invited guest for President Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday night was 19-year-old Ambar Pinto of Fairfax. Ambar and her family entered the country illegally when she was 12 years old, according to a news release from the Senator's office. Since then, Pinto has graduated from Fairfax High School and now is enrolled at Northern Virginia Community College – where she pays higher out-of-state tuition rates because she is undocumented. Both Pinto – and Warner – are advocates for the Dream Act and for comprehensive immigration reform.
R. Miller
10:00 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013
There is a legal process for immigrants to come to, and enter our country. My wife and baby followed that process. We paid the fees, did the paper work, waited our turn at the back of the line, and now after all that we are a family. Letting illegal aliens ignore our laws, stay here, and demand our resources as if they were a citizens is disrespectful to the process and a slap in the face to all … more ›