Perchance to DREAM : : A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act and DACA / / Michael A. Olivas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• VerfasserIn: Olivas, Michael A.,
• MitwirkendeR: Richardson, Bill,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Citizenship and Migration in the Americas ; 12
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 3 Tables

The first comprehensive history of the DREAM Act and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)In 1982, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Plyler v. Doe that undocumented children had the right to attend public schools without charge or impediment, regardless of their immigration status. The ruling raised a question: what if undocumented students, after graduating from the public school system, wanted to attend college? Perchance to DREAM is the first comprehensive history of the DREAM Act, which made its initial congressional appearance in 2001, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the discretionary program established by President Obama in 2012 out of Congressional failure to enact comprehensive immigration reform. Michael A. Olivas relates the history of the DREAM Act and DACA over the course of two decades.With the Trump Administration challenging the legality of DACA and pursuing its elimination in 2017, the fate of DACA is uncertain. Perchance to DREAM follows the political participation of DREAMers, who have been taken hostage as pawns in a cruel game as the White House continues to advocate anti-immigrant policies. Perchance to DREAM brings to light the many twists and turns that the legislation has taken, suggests why it has not gained the required traction, and offers hopeful pathways that could turn this darkness to dawn.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. College Residency, Race, and Reaction: Before 1996 -- 2. 2001– 2010 State DREAM Acts and Litigation -- 3. The DREAM Act in Congress and Federal Developments -- 4. The Aftermath of the DREAM Act Defeats, State Developments -- 5. The DREAM Act and Prosecutorial Discretion: The Birth of DACA -- 6. Undocumented Lawyers, DACA, and Occupational Licensing -- 7. The 2016 Election of Donald Trump, the Rescission of DACA, and Its Aftermath -- Conclusion: Awakening from the DREAM -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1. State Laws Allowing Undocumented College Students to Establish Residency, 2019 -- Appendix 2. States Restricting Access to Postsecondary Education for Undocumented/DACA Students through April 2019 -- Appendix 3. Cases Involving Citizens, Residency, Tuition Benefits/Status, and the DREAM Act & DACA (through April 2019) -- Appendix 4. Immigration- Related Issues: New York State Education Department Licenses -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author