Higher Education Opportunity

The Education Opportunity Campaign seeks to give immigrant youth the opportunity to get a college education and make a better life for themselves and their families. 

It is estimated that between 50-65,000 undocumented students around the nation graduate from high school every year but cannot go to college only because of their immigration status.  Many of these youth were brought to the country at a young age and have lived in the U.S. for their entire lives. Because immigration policies are both complicated and selective, many students do not immediately qualify for lawful immigration status.

In Massachusetts, nearly 4