Front Page NYT Article

[Robyn Needel]

For anyone that hasn't checked CBS yet, our FIRST community came through - Amadou's story will be reported on Friday's news.

I can see both sides of the story here - Amadou is a victim of circumstances and couldn't help what happened to him when he was 14. Someone along the way (one of his adult friends) should have advised him to go to Legal Aid when they realized what was happening - but since that didn't happen, there's no reason to throw blame on Amadou or anyone else. The reality is that he is here and in a bind - and in America everyone has a chance to become their best, that's what makes our country great. There are many cases where public opinion has swayed Congress to make special exceptions for immigration cases and other individual legal problems - maybe the result of all this publicity will help Amadou achieve legal citizenship. We met the team, they were on Archimedes with us, a great group who worked really hard. All of the team members want desperately to achieve...and they deserve every break they can get.