Marco’s journey: As others sleep, a Nebraska high schooler survives the graveyard shift

Marco Gutiérrez, recent immigrant from Guatemala, is one of dozens – maybe hundreds – of Schuyler Central High School students who work overnight full-time jobs and then head to first period. They continue to do so as the threat of a crackdown looms.

Schuyler has transformed since 1980, morphing from a mostly white town of roughly 4,000 people to a mostly immigrant community of 6,547. Drawn by jobs…