Meet Gladys Castro: 4.09 GPA. Accepted to UC Berkley. No Loans: Illegal Immigrant [View All]

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She's a member of the Army Junior ROTC and National Honor Society.

FONTANA – Gladys Castro has all the numbers needed to get into UC Berkeley – except one.

Although the 17-year-old Kaiser High School senior carries a 4.09 grade-point average and has been accepted to the university, she cannot apply for government loans because she’s an illegal immigrant and doesn’t have a Social Security number.

“I don’t know how I’m going to pay for school,” she said. “All I want is a chance.”

Castro said less than a year ago, one Kaiser High administrator refused to sign a petition supporting federal college aid for illegal immigrants, supposedly saying that they don’t deserve to go to American universities.

“I just started crying,” Castro said.

Some say Castro has spent her chance on a high school diploma.

“California has already dumped $100,000 in free education (on her),” said Robert Rector, a senior research fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. “If you want to be tough about it, you can ask for it to be repaid.”


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