In Texas, two valedictorians have publicly announced they are undocumented. In Austin, Texas, Mayte Lara Ibarra, who plans to attend University of Texas at Austin on a scholarship, tweeted, “Valedictorian, 4.5GPA, full tuition paid for at UT, 13 cords/medals, nice legs, oh and I’m undocumented.” Further north in McKinney, Texas, Larissa Martinez, who is heading to Yale University, disclosed her status during her address to her class.

Larissa Martinez: “I am one of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the shadows of the United States. I decided to stand before you today and reveal these unexpected realities, because this might be my only chance to convey the truth to all of you that undocumented immigrants are people, too … people with dreams, aspirations, hopes and loved ones, people like me, people who have become a part of the American society and way of life and who yearn to help make American great again—without the construction of a wall built on hatred and prejudice.”

Both young women have been subjected to a barrage of hatred on social media.