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COMUNIDAD. Erick Flores sostiene una pancarta durante una marcha en honor al ya fallecido dirigente César Chávez. El evento fue organizado por el Comité César Chávez de Paz y Justicia de Denver. CyrusMcCrimmon, The Denver Post

OPPORTUNITY. Juan, left, Oscar, center, and Hugo Juarez make their way to the bookstore on the Auraria Campus in Denver. The three brothers attend Metropolitan State University of Denver and are taking advantage of the new tuition rate for undocumented immigrant students. They came to the United States with their family in 1999. Craig F. Walker/ The Denver Post

Metro State tuition rate plan gives some hope, leaves others fuming By Anthony Cotton, The Denver Post

Denver and its newly established tuition rate for undocumented immigrant students, they decided to take another or Oscar Juarez and his brothers, risk: They wanted to show that they Juan and Hugo, every day is about indeed belong. taking risks. “I’m 26 years old. I should have As the children of parents who my degree. I should have my career,” illegally immigrated into the United said Juan, a sophomore in mechanical States in 1999, most of the time those engineering. gambles — such as searching for work His brother Hugo, 24, is a sophomore — come with negative connotations and in psychology. always the chance of deportation. “But I couldn’t pay tuition, I couldn’t “It’s really tough; you get frustrated get loans, there was no way I could afford because all we want is the chance to get out of the shadows, to become someone,” college,” Juan said. “But this, I’m pretty said Oscar, 20, a freshman. “We’ve talked sure it’s going to change my life.” There are about 240 students on about going back, but Mexico is a place we don’t know, and we feel like, ‘We grew campus harboring similar hopes, according to MSU Denver officials. up here, we belong here.’” Students attending Metro under its And so, when the brothers heard Colorado nonresident tuition rate about Metropolitan State University of

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pay $3,358 per semester — more than in-state students but less than the outof-state rate previously charged. The current out-of-state tuition is $8,511.06. To take advantage of the lower rate students must meet a set of criteria that includes being a state resident for at least three years, having a degree from a Colorado high school or a GED and being in good legal standing other than their immigration status. In addition, the students must sign a notarized affidavit affirming that they have either filed an application to legalize their status and/or applied for deferred action under a recent executive order by President Barack Obama, or will do so as soon as they become eligible. Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival, as of Aug. 15, people

who are under age 31 and who were brought into the country illegally by their parents before age 16 can apply to defer deportation for two years. They may also be eligible for work permits.

Opposition Not long after Metro announced the new tuition rate, questions about its legitimacy were raised. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers issued an opinion that the plan violated state law, and former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo threatened to file a lawsuit against the school. In addition, the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, a key component in the funding for state colleges, called

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Una Familia de Mesa, Arizona, entreteje su vida con la lucha libre Por Matthew Casey, The Arizona Republic PHOENIX – Es domingo por la tarde y el Gran Mercado en Mesa, Arizona, está lleno de actividad. Dentro del Club Deportivo Coliseo (CDC), la multitud no oculta su entusiasmo por la lucha libre mexicana. Algunos de los luchadores están enmascarados,

al menos inicialmente, y parecen súper héroes cómicos. Este gran evento semanal sucede en medio de dilapidadas tiendas linderas con una iglesia católica en la esquina. Dos equipos de luchadores están empatados 1 a 1 en un combate a tres asaltos. Rudy Escobedo (padre), dueño de CDC, busca algo oculto debajo del cuadrilátero.

Sus dos hijos mayores, “Caudillo” y “Fuerza Aérea”, tratan de atraparse uno al otro o evitar ser atrapados desplazándose contra las cuerdas. Eventualmente, el hermano mayor le gana al menor y “Fuerza Aérea” vuela por encima de las cuerdas y termina en el piso.

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