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<strong>Scripps Howard Foundation Wire</strong></p>
<p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> – Growing up in the United States, Luis Miranda did not know he was an undocumented immigrant until years after he and his family had left Colombia.</p>
<p>“It wasn’t until later when I tried to join the Civil Air Patrol … that I realized that I didn’t have a Social Security number. And that’s when it dawned on me what being undocumented actually meant,” said Miranda, who was 11 years old when he found out.</p>