IMMIGRATION: Law change offers new opportunity

This young woman is a terrific example of the people that the new immigrant plan will help.    - - Donna Poisl

Written by Deborah Gates, Staff Writer

SALISBURY -- Bernice Cruz was like any other teenager, living a normal life with her parents, graduating on time from high school in Baltimore, starting out in the world.

Then reality set in. She was living the American dream as an illegal immigrant. With no Social Security card or driver's license, the notion of getting on with her life as most of her classmates was a dream to be deferred.

Until now. Starting Aug. 15, illegal immigrants who qualify may begin requesting applications for a temporary status that would allow them to work and protect them from deportation.
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