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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
Lilly Romo was one of the protesters. Romo is a pre-med major at Grand Canyon University. Romo said protesters wanted to send a message that undocumented students should not have to live in fear of being arrested.
"This society has invested so much in me already that I want to give back," Romo said. "I don't want to hide. I want to pay taxes and give everything to the community that has given me everything and embraced me, but I won't be able to give it back because of my undocumented status I am unable to do that."
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This isn't an "undocumented student". This is someone who is here illegally. Being a student has nothing to do with anything. Then we need to be reminded that it's not what "society has invested him him", but instead, what he illegally took from society.