More than 400,000 Illinois residents about 3% of the population have less than a ninth-grade education, and about 900,000 adults older than 25 don’t have a high school diploma, according to state figures.
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Nearly 200 Afghan children brought here without family by the U.S. government during the haphazard military pullout are languishing in federal custody.