Each year some 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school in the U.S. They have been educated in American schools, hold American values, know only the U.S. as home and, upon high school graduation, find the door to their future slammed shut because their parents came here without “papers.” It is against the law for them to work or drive. It is difficult, if not impossible in some states, to attend college. Currently, there is no path to citizenship open to them. Papers is the story of these undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status.