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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 962700" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/fl-illegal-immigrant-lawyer-20120415,0,7289492.story" target="_blank">DREAM on hold: Supreme Court considers Florida Bar admission for undocumented immigrant - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com</a>Illegal immigrant seeks admission to Florida Bar&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; State Supreme Court to consider whether lack of legal status can bar FSU gradCan an immigrant without a green card get a Florida Bar card?Aspiring lawyer Jose Godinez-Samperio, 25, a <a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/hillsborough-county/tampa-PLGEO100100404010000.topic" target="_blank">Tampa</a>-area resident, is hoping the answer is yes.A&nbsp; native of Mexico who entered the United States legally with his parents&nbsp; 16 years ago on a tourist visa, Godinez-Samperio is a graduate of the <a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/education/florida-state-university-OREDU000030.topic" target="_blank">Florida State University</a> College of Law, the valedictorian of the Armwood High School class of 2004, an Eagle Scout — and an undocumented immigrant.Godinez-Samperio has been candid about his status at every opportunity,&nbsp; disclosing it on college and law school applications (his application&nbsp; to law school included an essay titled &quot;The Consequences of my Criminal&nbsp; Childhood,&quot; although being in the country illegally is a civil&nbsp; infraction, not a crime).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 962700, member: 12952"] [URL='http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/fl-illegal-immigrant-lawyer-20120415,0,7289492.story']DREAM on hold: Supreme Court considers Florida Bar admission for undocumented immigrant - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com[/URL] Illegal immigrant seeks admission to Florida Bar State Supreme Court to consider whether lack of legal status can bar FSU grad Can an immigrant without a green card get a Florida Bar card? Aspiring lawyer Jose Godinez-Samperio, 25, a [URL='http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/hillsborough-county/tampa-PLGEO100100404010000.topic']Tampa[/URL]-area resident, is hoping the answer is yes. A native of Mexico who entered the United States legally with his parents 16 years ago on a tourist visa, Godinez-Samperio is a graduate of the [URL='http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/education/florida-state-university-OREDU000030.topic']Florida State University[/URL] College of Law, the valedictorian of the Armwood High School class of 2004, an Eagle Scout — and an undocumented immigrant. Godinez-Samperio has been candid about his status at every opportunity, disclosing it on college and law school applications (his application to law school included an essay titled "The Consequences of my Criminal Childhood," although being in the country illegally is a civil infraction, not a crime). [/QUOTE]

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