Mehraeel had never imagined, given how similar their journeys had been, that she enjoyed rights that were out of her best friend’s reach. She knew people who’d been granted asylum and frowned on immigrants without legal status, and she certainly was glad that her own family had followed the rules. But in getting to know Katerin and other undocumented students, the lines between what’s right or wrong, legal or illegal, had blurred.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 18, 2019 12:00 UTC