“Well, when I realized I was undocumented around like 15, like, that’s when it really hit me. . . .And I was going like, what is the point of me even trying in school? What is the point of me doing anything if I’m not going to be able to have a career or be able to, I guess, be normal?” - Undocumented immigrant
There are an estimated 1.1 million undocumented immigrants in the United States who are children. Recent research suggests that being undocumented roughly doubles high school students’ dropout rate relative to their U.S.-born siblings, and substantially decreases wages. – From the American Law and Economics Review: Does Legal Status Matter for Educational Choices? Evidence from Immigrant Teenagers