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Author Truax, Eileen, author.

Title Dreamers : an immigrant generation's fight for their American dream / Eileen Truax.

Publication Info. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2015]
©2015

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  325.73 TRUAX    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  325 TRUAX    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  325.73 TRUAX    Check Shelf
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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  325.22 T76    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  325.1 TRUAX    Check Shelf
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Description 220 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220).
Contents Introduction: We are all dreamers -- A student in need -- Undocumented and unafraid: Out of the shadows -- Dream seller -- Back to a strange world -- California dreaming -- Dreaming in Arizona -- Dying for a dream -- Deferred action: A temporary reprieve -- Undocuqueers: Coming out, twice -- #Bring them home -- Epilogue: The fight for their dreams -- Appendix: The DREAM Act.
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.
Subject Children of noncitizens -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Noncitizen children -- Government policy -- United States.
Noncitizens -- Education (Higher) -- United States.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Local Subject Undocumented immigration -- United States.
Subject Illegal immigration -- United States.
Local Subject Undocumented immigration -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Subject Illegal immigration -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Local Subject Undocumented immigration -- Government policy -- United States.
Subject Illegal immigration -- Government policy -- United States.
Undocumented Immigrants. (DNLM)D000069756
Children of noncitizens -- Education -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01902764
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00908722
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
ISBN 0807030333 (paperback)
9780807030332 (paperback)
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