Dreamers : an immigrant generation's fight for their American dream /

Dreamers : an immigrant generation's fight for their American dream /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Truax, Eileen, author.
Imprint:	Boston : Beacon Press, [2015]
Description:	220 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Illegal alien children -- Government policy -- United States. Children of illegal aliens -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States. Illegal aliens -- Education (Higher) -- United States. Children of illegal aliens -- Education -- Law and legislation. Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10147007

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ISBN:	9780807030332 0807030333 9780807030325
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"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. "--

Table of Contents:

Introduction We Are All Dreamers
Chapter 1. A Student in Need
Chapter 2. Undocumented and Unafraid: Out of the Shadows
Chapter 3. Dream Seller
Chapter 4. Back to a Strange World
Chapter 5. California Dreaming
Chapter 6. Dreaming in Arizona
Chapter 7. Dying for a Dream
Chapter 8. Deferred Action: A Temporary Reprieve
Chapter 9. Undocuqueers: Coming Out, Twice
Chapter 10. #Bring ThemHome
Epilogue The Fight for Their Dreams
Appendix The DREAM Act
Acknowledgments
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