PHOTO: Sen. Mark Warner Welcomes Undocumented Student as His Guest to State of the Union

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s special invited guest for President Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday night was 19-year-old Ambar Pinto of Fairfax. Ambar and her family entered the country illegally when she was 12 years old, according to a news release from the Senator's office.

Since then, Pinto has graduated from Fairfax High School and now is enrolled at Northern Virginia Community College – where she pays higher out-of-state tuition rates because she is undocumented.  Both Pinto – and Warner – are advocates for the Dream Act and for comprehensive immigration reform.