Description
Product ID: | 9781433125577 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Critical Studies of Latinxs in the Americas |
Title: | Identity, Social Activism, and the Pursuit of Higher Education |
Subtitle: | The Journey Stories of Undocumented and Unafraid Community Activists |
Authors: | Author: Susana M. Munoz, Angeles Donoso Macaya |
Page Count: | 142 |
Subjects: | Population and demography, Population & demography, Educational strategies and policy, Higher education, tertiary education, Adult education, continuous learning, Educational strategies & policy, Colleges of further education, Adult education, continuous learning |
Description: | The topic of immigration has become increasingly volatile in U.S. society, and undocumented college students play a central role in mobilizing and politicizing a critical mass of activists to push forth a pro-immigration agenda, in particular the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. The topic of immigration has become increasingly volatile in U.S. society, and undocumented college students play a central role in mobilizing and politicizing a critical mass of activists to push forth a pro-immigration agenda, in particular the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. The DREAM Act is the only federal legislation that would grant conditional citizenship and some financial aid assistance to undocumented students who have completed two years of college or enlist in military service. Since the DREAM Act failed to pass, undocumented students have moved from peaceful marches to acts of civil disobedience, seeking to disrupt the public discourse that positions undocumented students as living in the shadows of our system. Undocumented college students have created public forums in which they «come out» from these invisible images and pronounce themselves as «undocumented and unafraid». |
Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2015-05-28 |