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• Why Plyler matters
• The story of Plyler v. Doe : the education of undocumented children, and the polity
• The implementation of Plyler v. Doe
• The political economy of the Dream Act and the legislative process : Doe goes to college
• Conclusion: The discourse and the danger (or, why Plyler should have been decided on preemption grounds)

The 1982 U. S. Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe, which made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in Texas public schools, was a watershed moment for immigrant rights in the United States. The Court struck down both a state statute denying funding for education to undocumented children and a municipal school district's attempt to charge an annual $1,000 tuition fee for each undocumented student to compensate for the lost state funding. Yet while this case has not returned to the Supreme Court, it is frequently contested at the state and local level. In No Undocumented Child Left Behind, Michael A. Olivas tells a fascinating history of the landmark case, examining how, 30 years later, Plyler v. Doe continues to suffer from implementation issues and requires additional litigation and vigilance to enforce the ruling. He takes a comprehensive look at the legal regime it established regarding the education of undocumented school children, moves up through its implementation, including direct and indirect attacks on it, and closes with the ongoing, highly charged debates over the Development, Relief, and Education for Minors (DREAM) Act, which aims to give conditional citizenship to undocumented college students who graduated from US high schools and have been in the country for at least five years. Listen to Michael Olivas on WYPF 88.1 FM, as he takes a look back 30 years to the Supreme Court case that made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in public schools and the highly-charged political and legal battles that have ensued.
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• Acknowledgments 1 Why Plyler Matters
• 2 The Story of Plyler v. Doe: The Education of Undocumented Children and the Polity 3 The Implementation of Plyler v. Doe 4 The Political Economy of the DREAM Act and the Legislative Process: Doe Goes to College 5 Conclusion: The Discourse and the Danger (or, Why Plyler Should Have Been Decided on Preemption Grounds) Notes Bibliography Index About the Author.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

The 1982 U. S. Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe, which made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in Texas public schools, was a watershed moment for immigrant rights in the United States. The Court struck down both a state statute denying funding for education to undocumented children and a municipal school district's attempt to charge an annual $1,000 tuition fee for each undocumented student to compensate for the lost state funding. Yet while this case has not returned to the Supreme Court, it is frequently contested at the state and local level. In No Undocumented Child Left Behind, Michael A. Olivas tells a fascinating history of the landmark case, examining how, 30 years later, Plyler v. Doe continues to suffer from implementation issues and requires additional litigation and vigilance to enforce the ruling. He takes a comprehensive look at the legal regime it established regarding the education of undocumented school children, moves up through its implementation, including direct and indirect attacks on it, and closes with the ongoing, highly charged debates over the Development, Relief, and Education for Minors (DREAM) Act, which aims to give conditional citizenship to undocumented college students who graduated from US high schools and have been in the country for at least five years. Listen to Michael Olivas on WYPF 88.1 FM, as he takes a look back 30 years to the Supreme Court case that made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in public schools and the highly-charged political and legal battles that have ensued.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Acknowledgments 1 Why Plyler Matters
• 2 The Story of Plyler v. Doe: The Education of Undocumented Children and the Polity 3 The Implementation of Plyler v. Doe 4 The Political Economy of the DREAM Act and the Legislative Process: Doe Goes to College 5 Conclusion: The Discourse and the Danger (or, Why Plyler Should Have Been Decided on Preemption Grounds) Notes Bibliography Index About the Author.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

The 1982 U. S. Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe, which made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in Texas public schools, was a watershed moment for immigrant rights in the United States. The Court struck down both a state statute denying funding for education to undocumented children and a municipal school district's attempt to charge an annual $1,000 tuition fee for each undocumented student to compensate for the lost state funding. Yet while this case has not returned to the Supreme Court, it is frequently contested at the state and local level. In No Undocumented Child Left Behind, Michael A. Olivas tells a fascinating history of the landmark case, examining how, 30 years later, Plyler v. Doe continues to suffer from implementation issues and requires additional litigation and vigilance to enforce the ruling. He takes a comprehensive look at the legal regime it established regarding the education of undocumented school children, moves up through its implementation, including direct and indirect attacks on it, and closes with the ongoing, highly charged debates over the Development, Relief, and Education for Minors (DREAM) Act, which aims to give conditional citizenship to undocumented college students who graduated from US high schools and have been in the country for at least five years. Listen to Michael Olivas on WYPF 88.1 FM, as he takes a look back 30 years to the Supreme Court case that made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in public schools and the highly-charged political and legal battles that have ensued.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Foreword by Jose Antonio Vargas Preface Acknowledgments
• 1. Contested Membership over Time
• 2. Undocumented Young Adults in Los Angeles: College-Goers and Early Exiters
• 3. Childhood: Inclusion and Belonging
• 4. School as a Site of Belonging and Conflict
• 5. Adolescence: Beginning the Transition to Illegality
• 6. Early Exiters: Learning to Live on the Margins
• 7. College-Goers: Managing the Distance between Aspirations and Reality
• 8. Adulthood: How Immigration Status Becomes a Master Status
• 9. Conclusion: Managing Lives in Limbo Notes References Index.
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"My world seems upside down. I have grown up but I feel like I'm moving backward. And I can't do anything about it." (Esperanza). Over two million of the nation's eleven million undocumented immigrants have lived in the United States since childhood. Due to a broken immigration system, they grow up to uncertain futures. In Lives in Limbo, Roberto G. Gonzales introduces us to two groups: the college-goers, like Ricardo, who had good grades and a strong network of community support that propelled him to college and Dream Act organizing but still landed in a factory job a few short years after graduation, and the early-exiters, like Gabriel, who failed to make meaningful connections in high school and started navigating dead-end jobs, immigration checkpoints, and a world narrowly circumscribed by legal limitations. This vivid ethnography explores why highly educated undocumented youth share similar work and life outcomes with their less-educated peers, despite the fact that higher education is touted as the path to integration and success in America. Mining the results of an extraordinary twelve-year study that followed 150 undocumented young adults in Los Angeles, Lives in Limbo exposes the failures of a system that integrates children into K-12 schools but ultimately denies them the rewards of their labor.
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• Introducción. Todos somos soñadores
• Un chico necesita ayuda
• Salir de las sombras
• El vendedor de sueños
• De vuelta a un mundo desconocido
• Sueños de California
• Soñar en Arizona
• Perder la vida en un sueño
• La Acción Diferida, el alivio temporal
• Undocuqueers : salir de las sombras dos veces
• Epílogo. La reforma que viene
• Anexo. DREAM Act.

En el año 2001 se presentó al congreso de Estados Unidos una inciativa de ley conocida como DREAM Act. Su objectivo: Regularizar la situación legal de más de un millón de inmigrantes indocumentados que ingresaron al país cuando eran menores de edad y se enfrentan ahora al fantasma de la deportación, a no poder continuar sus estudios, a quedarse sin personalidad jurídica. Bajo organizaciones activistas como United We Dream, National Immigration Youth Alliance y Dreamactivists, estos jóvenes de origen latinoamericano o asiático, pero que sólo recuerdan su vida en la Unión Americana, se han dedicado a hacer pública una de las aristas más complicadas del problema migratorio: Qué hacer con quienes eran menores cuando ingresaron ilegalmente a ese país, aquellos en cuya educación ha invertido el Estado, que incluso han servido en las fuerzas armadas y se quedarán sin los derechos propios de la ciudadanía

The image shows 26 Chinese women sitting in front of the Mission. "The Presbyterian Mission House at 920 Sacramento Street was chartered with rescuing Chinese girls and women from abusive circumstances. In 1882, Congress passed the first of three Chinese exclusion acts. These acts prevented all but a few privileged classes of Chinese men from sending for their families in China. Single men could not send for Chinese wives, nor did the law permit them to marry non-Chinese wives. The small ratio of Chinese women to men bred a rampant prostitution market. To feed this market, Chinese girls and young women, mostly from Canton, were bought, kidnapped, or coerced into coming to the U.S. Most of them arrived at Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. To gain entry, they presented false papers showing them to be the wives or daughters of the few privileged classes who were allowed to send for family. Once in the country, these girls were sold for one of two purposes. Girls in their teens were pressed into prostitution. The life of the average Chinese prostitute was brutal and short. Most died of the harsh treatment within five years. The little girls were sold for household servants called Mui Tsai's. The Mui Tsai's and prostitutes were the main target of the Presbyterian Mission Home's efforts, though girls of good family were also sent to the Home to receive an education." (Encyclopedia of San Francisco). The first mission home was at 933 Sacramento. It later moved to a more commodious building at 920 Sacramento Street.We are able to find one Houseworth photograph of the rescued Chinese women of the Mission Home but it is the one where they are all sitting on the steps of an interior staircase. [From dealer description]

"In 2001 a bill was presented to the US Congress, known as the DREAM Act. The purpose of this bill was to fix the immigration status of almost two million undocumented youth who came to the country as minors through no choice of their own but now as young adults, with no legal identity, they may be unable to attend college, and live under the constant threat of deportation. These young people are known as Dreamers. As part of activist organizations like United We Dream, National Immigration Youth Alliance, Dreamactivists, among others, these (mostly) Latin American or Asian origin youth that have lived in the US for most of their lives, have worked during the last years to make visible one of the most complex faces of the immigration problem: what to do with those who were brought to this country brought by their parents and had no part in making that decision; who have already received a public K-12 education; who have served in the military, and who lack citizenship rights. "-- Provided by publisher

• Part 1: Answering the critics. These children are blameless ; Immigration 101 ; Spend a trillion dollars a year and you are a tax burden? ; Salsa, America's number-one condiment ; The melting pot, mixed with just a few new ingredients.
• Part 2: The DREAM act, DREAMers, and America's future. The DREAM act : nuts and bolts ; Meet two DREAMers ; Next steps : Where we go from here

The DREAM Act, bipartisan legislation first introduced in Congress in 2001, would provide conditional residency for undocumented youth brought to the United States as children. It recognises that undocumented youth have done nothing wrong and that they should be allowed to work, to go to school, and to travel. The bill makes college more affordable through in-state tuition and gives the undocumented a path to citizenship if they graduate from college or serve in the military. Congress has failed to pass the DREAM Act, and fourteen states have filled the gap by implementing their own laws and policies that provide educational benefits to undocumented students. Right to DREAM makes a compelling argument for the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. William A. Schwab explores the key issues surrounding this legislation: What are the issues that divide? What do the proponents and opponents of the DREAM Act argue? Is there a middle ground? Is compromise possible? Answering these questions, Schwab explains the legal issues surrounding the education of immigrant children, who immigrates and why, how four waves of immigration have shaped the nation, the effects of immigrants on the U.S. economy and culture, and the process of becoming an American. Schwab analyses the DREAM Act, deferred action, and immigration policy. He weaves personal stories of undocumented youth throughout the book and advocates for the economic, political, and social benefits of the DREAM Act that would bring undocumented youth out of the shadows and into the mainstream of society.
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• Preface
• Unlawfully Present Aliens, Drivers Licenses, & Other State-Issued ID: Select Legal Issues
• Unlawfully Present Aliens, Higher Education, In-State Tuition, & Financial Aid: Legal Analysis
• Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues & DREAM Act Legislation
• Index.
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This book provides an overview of key legal issues raised by state laws regarding the denial or issuance of driver's licenses and other forms of ID to unlawfully present aliens. It addresses the legal issues raised by local governments issuing ID cards to unlawfully present aliens, as well as by state and local approaches to recognising foreign-issued ID documents. This book also discusses key legal issues pertaining to unlawfully present alien students' access to higher education, in-state tuition, and financial aid.
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• Introduction: Immigrant, undocumented, and involved?
• Dreams, aspirations, and sacrificios
• Apoyo and the search and choice process
• Continued involvement in higher education
• Apoyo sacrificial and the reconceptualization of parental engagement
• Conclusion

Apoyo Sacrificial explores the experiences of undocumented Latinx parents as they support and guide their children's pathways to higher education, and how their precarious immigration status impacts this support. In addition to analyzing the various understandings, interactions, and relationships undocumented Latinx parents develop with different education entities, including secondary schools and colleges and universities, the book also examines these in relation to the various social, political, and economic factors that shape parents' engagement with their children's education. Cuevas illuminates how the parents in her study engaged in supportive behaviors similar to those of middle and upper classes families despite the barriers they faced, such as low-income households, undocumented legal status, and single parenting. Providing an alternative view of parental engagement and access to higher education, Apoyo Sacrificial will help educators truly meet the needs of marginalized students and communities. Book Features: Illustrates the often unobserved and unappreciated supportive strategies employed by undocumented Latinx parents. Highlights in-depth qualitative interviews that center the voices and perspectives of parents. Shows how an undocumented immigration status is a unique barrier that shapes how families interact with education entities. Illustrates the range of supportive behaviors undocumented Latinx parents engage in to ensure their children's success, including access to higher education. Demonstrates how the parents of first-generation Latinx students play a critical role in their success, even after they matriculate to college.
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"Five years in the making, DREAM : an American story follows the trials and tribulations of Juan Gomez, who struggles to achieve the American Dream under constant threat of deportation. Set against the backdrop of a politically polarized nation, DREAM humanizes the divisive issue of immigration and documents the rise of a new civil rights movement"-- Container

"Five years in the making, DREAM : an American story follows the trials and tribulations of Juan Gomez, who struggles to achieve the American Dream under constant threat of deportation. Set against the backdrop of a politically polarized nation, DREAM humanizes the divisive issue of immigration and documents the rise of a new civil rights movement"-- Container

"Five years in the making, DREAM : an American story follows the trials and tribulations of Juan Gomez, who struggles to achieve the American Dream under constant threat of deportation. Set against the backdrop of a politically polarized nation, DREAM humanizes the divisive issue of immigration and documents the rise of a new civil rights movement."--Container

THE UNAFRAID is a feature-length documentary that follows the lives of three DACA students in Georgia, a state that has banned them from attending its top public universities, and from qualifying for in-state tuition at any other public college. Using observational footage shot over three years, THE UNAFRAID tells the personal stories of a group of friends connected by an underground movement called Freedom University. Through the stories of Alejandro, Silvia, and Aldo, viewers learn what it's like to be both a young American and undocumented in the U.S. at a time when anti-immigrant sentiment is growing, emboldened by a President who has issued orders to end DACA and restrict immigration. The narratives of their lives will intersect at protests and rallies, and then expand out from this unifying force to the personal daily challenges faced by them and their families