seen the courage of students who except for the circumstances of their birth are as american as melia or sasha. students who bravely come out as undocumented in the hopes that it could make a difference in the country they love. these people, our neighbors, our classmates, our friends they did not come here in search of a free life or an easy life. they came to work. they came to study. they came to serve in her military. above all, they came to contribute to america's success. tomorrow i will travel to las vegas to meet with some of the students, including a young woman. she was brought to america when she was for your zone. her only possessions were a cross, her doll, and i fully -- the dress she had on. when she started school, she did not speak any english straight she caught up by reading newspapers and watching pbs. she became a good student. her father worked in landscaping. her mom cleaned other people's homes. they would not let her apply to a technology magnet school -- not because they did not love her -- but because they were afraid that the paperwork without her as an undocumented