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In September, 17-year-old Abbas will achieve that goal, attending Cornell University to study computer science. I never imagined beyond my neighborhood, she said. But now I m excited to be going. My family made sacrifices so I could do this, and it s paying off.
Abbas, grew up in a small town in Pakistan outside Haripur. In 2006, when she was still a small child, her father and two of her siblings moved to the U.S.
Abbas s family expected her mother, herself and two other siblings to be able to join them a year or so after her father immigrated, but because of the U.S. immigration system, they ended up waiting 10 years before being allowed to immigrate.