She could be the person she
wanted to be and the person the United States wanted her to be because
she was contributing to our great Nation. What we know of the Dreamers is that there are many like Carolina and
like Alejandra. Alejandra Villamares was brought to the United States
from Mexico at age 1. She and her family first settled in a small town
in Colorado. She recounted in her testimony difficult memories of
growing up undocumented. She remembers her older sister coming home
from first grade crying because she had been bullied by other students. She was bullied because she couldn't speak English.
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