No Undocumented Child Left Behind : : Plyler v. Doe and the Education of Undocumented Schoolchildren /

No Undocumented Child Left Behind : : Plyler v. Doe and the Education of Undocumented Schoolchildren / / Michael A. Olivas.

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The 1982 U. S. Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe, which made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in Texas public schools, was a watershed moment for immigrant rights in the United States. The Court struck down both a state statute denying funding for education to undocumented children...

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Olivas, Michael A.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Citizenship and Migration in the Americas ; 3
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Why Plyler Matters
  • 2 The Story of Plyler v. Doe: The Education of Undocumented Children and the Polity
  • 3 The Implementation of Plyler v. Doe
  • 4 The Political Economy of the DREAM Act and the Legislative Process: Doe Goes to College
  • 5 Conclusion: The Discourse and the Danger (or, Why Plyler Should Have Been Decided on Preemption Grounds)
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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