Losing Hope…But Not Lost Hope: Persistence of Undocumented Students

Autor/in	Del Razo, Jaime L.
Titel	Losing Hope…But Not Lost Hope: Persistence of Undocumented Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Leadership, Equity, and Research, 8 (2022) 1, S.34-57 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2330-6459
Schlagwörter	Undocumented Immigrants; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Academic Persistence; Public Policy; School Law; Social Bias; Law Enforcement; College Students; Student Experience; Student Attitudes; California; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Illegaler Aufenthalt; Sekundarschüler; Öffentliche Ordnung; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht; Gesetzesvollzug; Collegestudent; Studienerfahrung; Schülerverhalten; Kalifornien
Abstract	This article presents a qualitative study of how undocumented students experience a unique dimension of legal oppression in the U.S. that results in diminishing their hope in a country that they consider their home. Throughout this study and with the use of a Critical Legal Studies perspective, the author interrogates the role that U.S. immigration law plays in creating hostile and, many times, hopeless scenarios for undocumented youth trying to receive an education. By identifying the ways that undocumented youth face both "de jure" and "de facto" detrimental consequences, this study demonstrates how a double layer of legal oppression is formed that is omnipresent in the minds and lives of undocumented students. It is argued that, as educators, it is important to comprehend that undocumented students live under the constant threat of legal enforcement as they traverse the U.S. educational system from K-12 through college. As classroom instructors, this unique dimension is not always apparent because we either do not know that someone is undocumented, or, unless we are undocumented, we do not sufficiently understand what it means to be undocumented. This article attempts to help better understand this experience through the voices of college-bound, undocumented youth from California and Arizona. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01