Undocumented Latino Youth: Navigating Their Worlds
Marisol Clark-Ibáñez | | ISBN: 978-1-62637-260-3 $75.00 |
| ISBN: 978-1-62637-595-6 $27.50 |
| ISBN: 978-1-62637-691-5 $27.50 |
2015/273 pages/LC: 2015005477
Latinos: Exploring Diversity and Change |
DESCRIPTION
Though often overlooked in heated debates, nearly 1.8 million undocumented immigrants are under the age of 18. How do immigration policies shape the lives of these young people? How do local and state laws that are seemingly unrelated to undocumented communities negatively affect them? Marisol Clark-Ibáñez 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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marisol Clark-Ibáñez is associate professor of sociology at California State University, San Marcos.
CONTENTS
- Undocumented Immigration: Dreams of Education and Beyond.
- Immigration Policy: Living with the Law.
- Elementary School: The Beginning and the Promise.
- Middle School: Creating New Paths.
- High School: Aspirations with Uncertainty.
- Community College: A Gateway.
- The University: A (Mostly) Safe Haven.
- After College Graduation: Bittersweet.
- DREAMer Activism: Challenges and Opportunities.
- Being a "DREAM Keeper": Lessons Learned.
- Rethinking the American Dream.
- Appendixes.
"A must read.... Provides compelling examples of resilience, struggle, and activism."—Gilda L. Ochoa, Pomona College
"Essential.... Sheds light on how the racist implementation of immigration policies trickles down to shape the lives of children and young people in and out of school."—Leisy J. Abrego, University of California, Los Angeles