South Korean-born Hyun Kim poses for a photo at the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium in Annandale, Virginia June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
(Reuters) - South Korean-born Hyun Kim feels American to his bones, but the undocumented immigrant has failed to seek protection from deportation under a programme launched by President Barack Obama to shield young people brought to the United States as children.
The 20-year-old Kim, who dreams of attending a U.S. college and works as a barista in the Virginia town where he grew up, is like many of the more than 100,000 Asian immigrants who are eligible for Obama's programme but have not applied. Many cite shame over their unauthorised status as well as trouble locating documents as reasons they are not applying.
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