Editor: I’m writing to comment on an ideal that has a long history in the United States, equality of opportunity. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson included this value in the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence, and despite the fact that equality did not apply to all residents of this nation at the time of his writing in the late 18th century, as a society we have strived to meet that ideal over the last 235 years. Unfortunately, there is a growing segment of our society here in Bulloch County that is being denied equal opportunity when it comes to attending college: the undocumented youth population.