Connecticut Governor Fights for Undocumented Immigrant

CBS News: Connecticut's Governor Dan Malloy has joined a grass-roots campaign to stop federal officials from deporting an undocumented immigrant. Malloy says the young man can contribute to the country, and he's proven it. CBS News correspondent, Elaine Quijano, reports that when Mariano Cardoso Jr.'s parents brought their then-22-month-old son to America from Mexico, all they wanted was a better life for him. Now, living outside Hartford, Conn., the 23-year-old is about to graduate with an associate's degree in liberal arts. "It hasn't been easy at any step," Cardoso Jr. said. It's taken him five years to pay for that two-year degree, and he says he's done it without financial aid or tuition assistance. His dream is to become a math professor or civil engineer. "It has taken me 5 years and every part of it has been because I worked for it and my father worked for it," Cardoso Jr. said. Now, however, he's in danger of losing it all, because his parents immigrated to the United States illegally. In 2008, federal immigration officials discovered his undocumented status. Now he's due to be deported within 60 days. In his fight to stay, Cordoso Jr. has gained a powerful ally. "We've made a substantial investment in our society of this young man. I'd like to see that pay off for us," said Gov. Dan Malloy.