Vanessa Martinez, 13, of Sequoia Middle School in Porterville, California, breathes a sigh of relief after delivering a speech on immigration as part of the California Cadet Corps’ Individual Major Awards (IMA) competition April 9 at the California National Guard’s Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) Los Alamitos. The Orange County base hosted more than 300 youths in grades 5-12 that day for the IMA and the State Drill Competition, which are annual highlights for the Cadet Corps, a Cal Guard-run leadership-development program that dates to 1911.

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