UNO grad’s aim to soar as U.S. pilot dashed by immigration status, despite Rep. Bacon’s intervention

By: Cindy Gonzalez

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: August 23, 2026

Words: 1,691

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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OMAHA — Ever since she can remember, Mariana Juarez wanted to fly.

A commercial pilot’s license seemed a distant dream, though, when family hardships in her home in Guerrero, Mexico, drove her out of school at age 14.

Two years later, she and her mom fled to the United States without authorization. They were allowed to stay while the federal government weighed their cases. But shortly afterward, Juarez said, depression gripped her mom and she …

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