Trenton teen cherishes freedom after seven months in immigration detention

by Helen O’Neill/The Associated Press
Saturday July 04, 2009, 7:30 PM

He was born on the Fourth of July, an irony he would only appreciate later, during the dark period of his life when liberty and freedom became far more than mere words in his high school history book. Daniel Guadron has been fighting the odds all his young life, mostly as a happy warrior, winning admirers and supporters at every turn.

It’s not just that he excelled in school: The straight-A student mastered English within months of
emigrating from Guatemala at 13, then mastered French. He’s aced every math test he has ever taken.

Or that he is blessed with a sunny nature and ever-flashing smile.

Or that he shines on the soccer field and on the wrestling mat.

The handsome young man has always possessed something more, a wisdom that radiates from his deep
brown eyes, a thirst for knowledge and self-improvement, a clarity of vision about the nature of the world and what he can achieve in it.

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