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Olympic Medal Winning Mexican-American Cherishes Citizenship

October 8, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Immigration News

'For me not to be able to call myself American would be like a death in the family,' said 23-year-old Henry Cejudo. Born in South Central Los Angeles to undocumented Mexican immigrants, Cejudo won an Olympic gold medal for the U.S. in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but he says his U.S. citizenship means more to him than any medal. continue reading »