Profile: undocumented immigrant on Obama

By Daniela Gerson

Published: December 22 2008 20:53 | Last updated: December 22 2008 20:53

Carlos thought he’d be long gone by now. The young, college-educated New Yorker has been an illegal immigrant most his life. By last winter, a future with few options beyond washing dishes or working a factory assembly line had become too much for the gifted 24-year old to bear. Returning to his native Guatemala, he says, was not an option: “I have nothing there. I cannot go and adapt to that culture.â€