Joaquin Luna Jr.’s Suicide Touches Off Immigration Debate - NYTimes.com

Joaquin Luna Jr.’s Suicide Touches Off Immigration Debate - NYTimes.com: ...In the days since Mr. Luna took his own life last month and since some of his writings became public, his story — of an illegal immigrant who suddenly lost hope of becoming the first in his family to go to college — has evolved into something more.

To the immigrant rights movement in Texas, Mr. Luna has become a symbol of the psychological toll that being in the country illegally can take on young people. To others, he has become a political pawn, with his death being used by those who support the passage of the Dream Act, which would provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who go to college.