Valedictorian bound for Yale on a full scholarship reveals she is an illegal immigrant

Daily Mail ^ | 6/10/2016 | Wills Robinson

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(Full Headline) Texas high school valedictorian bound for Yale on a full scholarship reveals she is an illegal immigrant in her graduation speech

A Texas high school valedictorian has revealed she is an illegal immigrant in her graduation speech.

Larissa Martinez told classmates at McKinney Boyd High School that she was one of the 11million undocumented citizens living in the United States after she fled her abusive and alcoholic father in Mexico.

The 18-year-old, who has been offered a full scholarship to Yale, said she decided against giving her classmates the 'traditional Hallmark version' of the speech and instead opted for the truth.

The teenager told the crowd of thousands: 'Immigrants, undocumented or otherwise, are people too'.

'We are here without documentation because the US immigration system is broken and forces many families to live in fear.'

She also used the speech to slam Donald Trump's plans to build a wall based on 'hate and prejudice'.

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Texas high school valedictorian bound for Yale on a full scholarship

My nephew was valedictorian of his class at a private school in Detroit and got no scholarship monies for the college he chose to attend in Massachusetts.......And his father is a legal Hispanic from Honduras.