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Melody Lopez, Rocio Herrera, Wendy Estrada, Valley College, Immigration, Labor, Baby Boomers
(Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
During class at L.A. Valley College, students Melody Lopez, left foreground, and Rocio Herrera check a thermometer, as does Estrada, far right. Among 21 students in class that day, 17 were immigrants from a range of countries: Mexico, India, Guatemala, Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Cuba, Congo, Ukraine and the tiny West African nation of Burkina Faso.

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