Young Immigrant, Newly Fearless, Ponders Future

This is quite a story! All the fear this young woman has been living with and now her life is looking bright.    - - Donna Poisl

By HELEN O'NEILL AP Special Correspondent

Angy Rivera glided through the airport as though she owned it, giddy with excitement at her brave new world.

Then she saw the security guards, and froze.

After a lifetime of avoiding any public place where she might be asked for identification, had she just made the biggest mistake of her life? Would she be stopped, arrested, detained — and deported? Nervously, she handed over her boarding pass.

The security guard barely glanced at her Colombian passport, questioned her about a tube of hair mousse — and waved her through. Elated, she boarded the plane.
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