Lucas Codognolla’s hands shake as he waits in line at the Bridgeport, Conn., DMV for his turn to take the road test.
“I don’t know if it’s nerves or the excitement, you know?” he says.
The 22-year-old’s family emigrated from Brazil when was just 9. When he turned 16 and wanted to get his driver’s license, his parents sat him down and told him the truth: He was in the country illegally.
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