As Virginia’s only Latino state lawmaker, Alfonso Lopez made it his first order of business to push for a law granting in-state college tuition to immigrants living in the U.S. illegally since childhood.
The bill died in committee.
So Lopez tried again the next year. And the year after that.
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EDITOR’S NOTE – This story is part of Divided America, AP’s ongoing exploration of the economic, social and political divisions in American society.