Download or read book Undocumented Latino College Students written by William Pérez and published by LFB Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: P(r)rez and Cort(r)s examine how undocumented Latino community college students cope with the challenges created by their legal status. They find that students experience feelings of shame, anger, despair, marginalization, and uncertainty stemming from discrimination, anti-immigrant sentiment, fear of deportation, and systemic barriers (e.g., ineligibility for financial aid). Despite moments of despair and an uncertain future, rather than become dejected, students reframe their circumstances in positive terms. Findings also highlight the importance of student advocates on campus, as well as the need to educate college personnel. The conclusion discusses the socioemotional implications of studentsOCO ongoing legal marginality, and makes suggestions for institutional practices."

Download or read book Americans by Heart written by William Perez and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans by Heart examines the plight of undocumented Latino students as they navigate the educational and legal tightrope presented by their immigration status. Many of these students are accepted to attend some of our best colleges and universities but cannot afford the tuition to do so because they are not eligible for financial aid or employment. For the few that defy the odds and manage to graduate, their status continues to present insurmountable barriers to employment. This timely and compelling account brings to light the hard work and perseverance of these students and their families; their commitment to education and civic participation; and their deep sense of uncertainty and marginality. Offering a rich in-depth analysis, the author presents a new framework for educational policies that recognizes the merit and potential of undocumented Latino students and links their situation to larger social and policy issues of immigration reform and higher education access.

Download or read book Undocumented Latino College Students written by William Pérez and published by New Americans. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examine how undocumented Latino community college students cope with the challenges created by their legal status. They find that students experience feelings of shame, anger, despair, marginalization, and uncertainty stemming from discrimination, anti-immigrant sentiment, fear of deportation, and systemic barriers. Desite moments of despair and an uncertain future, rather than become dejected, students reframe their circumstances in positive terms.

Download or read book Achieving Equity for Latino Students written by Frances Contreras and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite their numbers, Latinos continue to lack full and equal participation in all facets of American life, including education. This book provides a critical discussion of the role that select K–12 educational policies have and continue to play in failing Latino students. The author draws upon institutional, national, and statewide data sets, as well as interviews among students, teachers, and college administrators, to explore the role that public policies play in educating Latino students. The book concludes with specific recommendations that aim to raise achievement, college transition rates, and success among Latino students across the preschool through college continuum. Chapters cover high dropout rates, access to college-preparation resources, testing and accountability, financial aid, the Dream Act, and affirmative action.

Download or read book Voicing the Stories of Undocumented Latino College Students written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book We ARE Americans written by William Perez and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the CEP Mildred Garcia Award for Exemplary ScholarshipAbout 2.4 million children and young adults under 24 years of age are undocumented. Brought by their parents to the US as minors—many before they had reached their teens—they account for about one-sixth of the total undocumented population. Illegal through no fault of their own, some 65,000 undocumented students graduate from the nation's high schools each year. They cannot get a legal job, and face enormous barriers trying to enter college to better themselves—and yet America is the only country they know and, for many, English is the only language they speak. What future do they have? Why are we not capitalizing, as a nation, on this pool of talent that has so much to contribute? What should we be doing?Through the inspiring stories of 16 students—from seniors in high school to graduate students—William Perez gives voice to the estimated 2.4 million undocumented students in the United States, and draws attention to their plight. These stories reveal how—despite financial hardship, the unpredictability of living with the daily threat of deportation, restrictions of all sorts, and often in the face of discrimination by their teachers—so many are not just persisting in the American educational system, but achieving academically, and moreover often participating in service to their local communities. Perez reveals what drives these young people, and the visions they have for contributing to the country they call home.Through these stories, this book draws attention to these students’ predicament, to stimulate the debate about putting right a wrong not of their making, and to motivate more people to call for legislation, like the stalled Dream Act, that would offer undocumented students who participate in the economy and civil life a path to citizenship. Perez goes beyond this to discuss the social and policy issues of immigration reform. He dispels myths about illegal immigrants’ supposed drain on state and federal resources, providing authoritative evidence to the contrary. He cogently makes the case—on economic, social, and constitutional and moral grounds—for more flexible policies towards undocumented immigrants. If today’s immigrants, like those of past generations, are a positive force for our society, how much truer is that where undocumented students are concerned?

Download or read book Building Resilient Undocumented Latino Students written by Jeffrey K. Ramberg and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1982, the Supreme Court ruled that undocumented immigrants are afforded Fourteenth Amendment protections, which includes access to public K-12 education. While approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduate high school each year, only 5-10% attend college. This study examines the barriers in their pursuit of educational attainment to determine how to build resilient, high achieving undocumented Latino students that perform well, graduate high school and pursue a college education. An online questionnaire was used to determine common attributes of resilient undocumented Latino college students from around the country. The results of the study suggested that while each student had various levels of encouragement in school, everyone had someone in his or her life that played a major role in his or her success. This person (mentor) provided continual support in the school, home, and/or in the community and encouraged each student to fulfill his or her dream to attend college.

Download or read book AB 540 Undocumented Latino College Students written by Claudia L. Beltran and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study utilized a multiple-choice survey questionnaire with Likert-type statements to explore the successes and challenges of AB 540 undocumented Latino college students in the Sacramento region. Study findings indicated that while demographic and background information distinctive of the Latino population contributed to the successes and challenges this student population encountered in their college education, educational and immigration policies aggregated to the myriad of challenges informing this student population. Implications for social work practice are limited to advocacy and community building, as a means to mobilize resources within the Latino community in order reduce the amount of challenges the AB 540 undocumented Latino college student experiences on a daily basis while increasing their stories of success.

Download or read book A Dream in Limbo written by Liset Salcedo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this project was to examine the proposed Dream Act legislation and gain awareness into the challenges among undocumented Latino college students. Undocumented college students are foreign nationals who illegally arrived in the United States and continue to reside in the United States without legal documentation. The undocumented status of Latino students continues to be an ongoing political debate in America.

Download or read book The Mental Health of Undocumented Latino College Students written by Martha Esmeralda Zamudio and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, I describe the stressors affecting undocumented Latino college students, and the mental health consequences of these stressors. This impact is an important one to consider because there is a lack of clinical literature about these students and the results of this study can help clinicians learn about the lived experiences of navigating the U.S. college system as an immigrant and undocumented Latino. Twelve undocumented Latino college students, ages 18-24 years old, of the 1.5 generation (born outside the U.S.) currently attending community college, state college, or university in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento California were interviewed for this study. Participants were chosen by criteria sampling through college clubs, centers, and organizations that serve undocumented students. The interview questions asked about demographics, family life, friendships, sense of belonging, political awareness, finances, education, resiliency, psychological symptoms, and coping. The interviews were analyzed using Brofenbrenner’s Ecological Theory (1994) and phenomenology. Results point to stressors in the areas of immigration/policy, finances, family, academics, identity and sense of belonging. The most powerful stressor was fear of deportation — for oneself or one’s family members. Leaving home for the first time was a major stress, as was making friends beyond their family, and being unavailable to the family in case of emergencies. Adapting to the college culture was an additional set of acculturation demands —it was an environment that differed from their childhoods, their hometowns, language, and community. Participants felt different from their peers. The financial aid process, the added steps in applying and renewing their DACA, and then suddenly needing to disclose their undocumented status in order to receive services were stressful, especially after many years of trying to be safe by living in the shadows. Participants described symptoms of depression, general and social anxiety, trauma, and adjustment problems. Clinical implications of the findings and directions for future research were suggested. These findings will inform therapists, counselors, and academics of the psychological needs and stressors experienced by the undocumented Latino college student population.

Download or read book Undocumented Latino Youth written by Marisol Clark-Ibáñez and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delivers an intimate look at growing up as an undocumented Latino immigrant, analyzing the social and legal dynamics that shape everyday life in and out of school. --From publisher description.

Download or read book The Effect of Peer Relationships on the College Experiences of Undocumented Latino College Students written by Mosadi L. Porter and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much research has been undertaken to understand the relative influences of a variety of conditions and contexts on the success of college students in general. Relatively less work has been done, however, to understand such influences for Latino students and even fewer empirical studies exist concentrating on the undocumented college student experience. What research does exist has largely centered on more traditionally acknowledged factors, but as Wentzel (2005) identifies, it is also “feasible that social competence with peers leads to academic accomplishments, either because interactions with peers facilitate intellectual development or because social or cultural norms communicated by peers define the nature of task competence” (pp. 285-286). As such, one understudied but necessary source of influence and support that could prove essential to the undocumented student’s success and retention then is relationships with like-minded college peers (Dennis, Phinney, & Chauteco, 2005; Di, 2012). This dissertation examined the type of relationships and the role of peer relationships in the college experiences of undocumented Latino college students. This qualitative case study of 4 undocumented students at a Research I University in the Southwest utilized data collected from semi-structured interviews to seek to understand how and in what ways peers contributed to their college experiences. The literature explained that there are influences on students’ college experiences, including peer relationships, but the effect on undocumented students is less well known. Coding analysis was used to identify themes. The themes were disappointment, support and connection, disconnection, Astin’s I-E-O model, home environment, family influence and generation in the United States, perceived status and privilege, ethnic identity, in-state tuition policies and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and peer relationships. Within peer relationships the identified themes were providing information, emotional support, access granting and helping relationships. Identification of those themes gave the basis for the hypothesis that positive peer relationships could be beneficial to undocumented Latino college students. Peer relationships had a connection that solidified the importance of this aspect of college student experiences to each theme. Excluding the work of Perez and Cortes (2011), there is little to no literature that directly connects peer relationships, undocumented college students, and college experiences. Due to this oversight, this study sought to begin the discussion that may help to fill that gap. The findings of this study may help college administration to understand an aspect of undocumented Latino college student success that goes beyond the classroom. Instituting programs that intentionally facilitate more peer interaction may provide the necessary environment for positive peer relationships to be developed.

Download or read book Voices to be Heard written by Brenda Ivelisse and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community colleges have become a practical educational option for undocumented students seeking an associate degree; thus reflecting the community college's very mission and purpose by providing access and affordability for these students. Specifically, undocumented Latino students are known to select community colleges due to their low tuition cost, proximity to their home, ease of access, etc. (Hernandez et al., 2010). This research study focused on undocumented Latino students for, as a leading scholar notes, "undocumented Latino students in higher education represent a resilient, determined, and inspirational group of high achievers who persevere and serve as a model for success" (Contreras, 2009, p. 610). The purpose of this study was to explore, through their own voices, the community college experiences of undocumented Latino students in Oregon. The Pew Hispanic Center found approximately 22% of the estimated 150,000 undocumented residents of Oregon stand to benefit from the DREAM Act (Passel & Cohn, 2011). A qualitative methodology was used in this study that provided a philosophical approach that allowed for meaning to emerge from the data. A Latino Critical Theory (LatCrit) perspective was used to frame this study. By approaching this research through the lens of LatCrit theory, the factors affecting marginalized undocumented students were highlighted. Working from a social justice perspective, the researcher's goal was to provide information that may be useful to individual study participants, other undocumented students, and to the institutions that enroll these students. This study aimed to provide a means for addressing a social justice matter, the education of undocumented community college Latinos. It emphasizes the complex experiences and identities of Latinos, including language rights, immigration, citizenship, ethnicity, and gender (González & Portillos, 2007; Hernandez-Truyol, 1997; Montoya, 1994; Martinez, 1994). The intent of this study was not make far-reaching generalizations applicable to all community college undocumented Latino students, but to find themes that could support some of their experiences better that ultimately could lead to completion of an associate's degree. The study found that eight themes emerged as a result of the data analysis: 1. Support from Family and Community 2. Overcoming Obstacles 3. Cultural Informant 4. Finding Place: Formal and Informal Networks 5. Involvement 6. Barriers that Intersect 7. Identity as Undocumented 8. Resiliency This study attempted to define academic success of the eight participants by identifying the practices and support systems community colleges are using to help undocumented Latino students navigate their systems. Because of the focus on the lived experiences of undocumented Latino students, a qualitative approach referred to as testimonios was utilized for addressing the research questions, thus a platform for the voices of this marginalized population to expand the understanding of those who would hear them was created. This study revealed the conclusions that emerged from the testimonios as well as give recommendations for practice and further research. The study found that family support, creating community, understanding practitioners' roles, and having hope and resiliency aided in the persistence and retention of the participants. Freire (1970) stated in order to liberate and change the conditions in which individuals live, they must be empowered to do so. These eight participants narratives are a testament to what occurs to individuals if given the space to be empowered and change their conditions. The testimonios revealed their lived experiences as they completed an associate's degree. Their testimonios challenged the narrative that undocumented people are a burden to society. Their voices challenge the dominant narrative that undocumented people do not have a voice.

Download or read book Undocumented Latino Students Experiences with Higher Education in the United States written by Amber A. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Narrative Inquiry depicts the experiences and perceptions of undocumented Latino students/graduates within Kansas. Through the lens of Latino Critical Theory, counterstories pushed back against the dominant narrative of undocumented Latinos and higher education. An aspect I hope to capture is how undocumented Latino students are navigating their educational journey within the current anti-immigration context. Eight in-depth interviews were conducted based off a semi-structured protocol to examine themes from the LatCrit theory. LatCrit theory offered a race conscious framework to critically contrast oppressive aspects of society and the experiences of undocumented Latino students. The findings indicate DACA greatly influenced how participants approached higher education. The findings support Obama's administration and their attempts to strengthen the undocumented Latino student community. Participants explained how DACA had changed everything. For the first time in their lives, they were able to attend college with no fears of being deported. They were able to work legally and pay taxes. They were able to apply for driver's licenses and legally drive themselves to work and class. Participants challenged the common assumption about undocumented Latinos not valuing higher education. They would have felt more welcomed on campus if they had someone who could relate and discuss specific issues surrounding current immigration laws and DACA.

Download or read book Persistent Inequality written by Maria Pabon Lopez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The children of undocumented migrants in the U.S. are trapped at the intersection of two systems in crisis: the public education system and the immigration law system. Based on a long tradition of scholarship in Latino education and on newer critical race theory ideas, Persistent Inequality answers burning questions about how educational policy has to rise to meet the unique challenges of undocumented students’ lives as well as those which face nearly all Latinos in the U.S. educational system. How solid is the Supreme Court precedent, Plyler v. Doe, that allows undocumented children the opportunity to attend public school K-12 free of charge? What would happen if the Supreme Court overruled it? What is the DREAM Act and how would this proposed federal law affect the lives of undocumented students? How have immigration raids affected public school children and school administrators? To shed some light on these vital questions, the authors provide a critical analysis of the various legal and policy aspects of the U.S. educational system, asserting that both the legal and educational systems in this country need to address the living and working conditions of undocumented Latino students and remove the obstacles to educational achievement which these students struggle with daily.

Download or read book Shadows in the Classroom written by Rubén A. Barato and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book From Illegals to Dreamers written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: