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

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 sta...

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