President Obama uses an anecdote about a young woman named Astrid Silva to support the claim that many undocumented immigrants showed great courage to "bravely come out as undocumented."
Read the paragraph from "President Obama's Address to the Nation on Immigration."
Tomorrow, I'll travel to Las Vegas and meet with some of these students, including a young woman named Astrid Silva. Astrid was brought to America when she was four years old. Her only possessions were a cross, her doll, and the frilly dress she had on. When she started school, she didn't speak any English. She caught up to other kids by reading newspapers and watching PBS, and she became a good student. Her father worked in landscaping. Her mom cleaned other people's homes. They wouldn't let Astrid apply to a technology magnet school, not because they didn't love her, but because they were afraid the paperwork would out her as an undocumented immigrant—so she applied behind their back and got in. Still, she mostly lived in the shadows—until her grandmother, who visited every year from Mexico, passed away, and she couldn't travel to the funeral without risk of being found out and deported. It was around that time she decided to begin advocating for herself and others like her, and today, Astrid Silva is a college student working on her third degree.
What type of evidence does President Obama use in this paragraph to support the claim that many undocumented immigrants showed great courage to "bravely come out as undocumented"?
President Obama's Address to the Nation on Immigration
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facts and data about students who started school not knowing English
facts and data about students who started school not knowing English
an expert opinion from an actual immigrant, Astrid Silva
an expert opinion from an actual immigrant, Astrid Silva
an anecdote about a young woman named Astrid Silva
an anecdote about a young woman named Astrid Silva
statistics about the number of undocumented immigrants from Mexico in school
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