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Hundreds of thousands of people could lose their legal status. One hopes to graduate with his college degree first

“Jose is majoring in software engineering because he’s always loved computers and math, and he wants a career that can provide for himself and his mom financially. In middle and high school, Jose enrolled in a technology magnet school and competed in robotics tournaments. He had an internship at the tech and manufacturing company 3M. When he got to college, he found a tight friend group. ‘Which we promptly named ‘the nerd herd,’’ he says.”