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Photo credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan | People attend a Brentwood rally and the launch of New York's leg of the national Keeping Families Together bus tour, which will take immigrants nationwide to Washington to call for fair and real immigration reform that protects families who otherwise risk separation. (March 10, 2013)
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Estela Melendez dreams of a career as a film director. The Central Islip woman, who at 16 came to Long Island from Mexico, has instead taken low-paying jobs to support herself.
"I feel stuck," said Melendez, 23, who is undocumented -- the estimated legal status of about 100,000 Long Islanders, according to immigration reform advocates. "I feel like a chain is holding me from looking for more...
