Undocumented Students

Illegal Immigrants are people from other countries such as Mexico, Latin Countries, and some countries in Asia (India, China, Philippines, Vietnam, and Korea) (Gibson) that migrate to another country for a better life. Immigrants come to the U.S to be someone, so that they can give their families a good life, and in general they believe that

The undocumented students that will benefit from the Dream Act are students that are practically U.S citizens but not by birth. Some opponents to the Dream Act don’t realize how much these students have suffered throughout their life. The article, “Standing up for Immigrant Students,” mentions all of these hardships and struggles; children are exposed to many dangers when crossing the border, and once they settle in the U.S they face other hardships and struggles like learning a new language, meeting the expectations of their instructors, and being discriminated against (4-5). Despite the obstacles they encounter in their path, many manage the way to do well in school and many overpass American students and become leaders in their community. Being undocumented becomes a major issue for undocumented high school graduates who want to continue their education because it’s nearly impossible to attend a University and get federal help because a valid social security number is required. These young adults are some of the best and brightest students in this country;

In “Undocumented students’ Access to College: The American Dream Denied,” Chavez, Soriano and Olivia (2007) have stated that millions of students who live in United States are undocumented immigrants; most of them come to U.S at a very young age. They completed their high school and achieved great academic success, some of them even got admitted by well know universities. From 2002 onwards , Assembly Bill 540 (AB 540) , authorized by the late Marco Antonio Firebaugh , allows any student who has completed three years high school, and received a high school diploma or equivalent in California, regardless of their immigration status, are legally allowed to attend colleges and universities (Chavez,Soriano and Oliverez 256).Even though they are eligible to apply and be admitted to universities, but they are not eligible to apply for federal financial aid, without the help of financial aid, it is extremely difficult for them to afford tuition. In this case, it severely limits undocumented student’s chances for upward mobility.

DREAM Act qualifiers are chosen by very specific and narrow guidelines. A few of the conditions include entering the United States before the age 16 and have been here in the U.S. for at least 5 years in a row before the bill has been enacted. The person would have to have either received an American high school diploma or GED, or have been accepted into some kind of college and/or university. The applicant would have to be no younger than twelve and no older than thirty five at the time of their application. Also, they would have to have proof of “good moral character”. There is no solid definition for the term “good moral character”, except

The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act), is a proposed bipartisan legislation that is meant to provide amnesty and relief

Undocumented immigrants are foreign nationals who entered the United States without authorization or entered legally but remained in the United States without authorization. However, undocumented youth and students usually have no role in the decision to come to this country. They are usually brought to this country by their parents or relatives, generally due to economic hardship and they have spent more years in the United States than in their country of birth. (Baum, Flores, 2011) Over the years, undocumented immigration has grown tremendously in the United States. “Among the nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants, a

The Dream Act, the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act is a bipartisan legislation pioneered by Sen. Orin Hatch [R-UT] and Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL].The undocumented students will granted a conditional legal status. Within the 6 years the student must be able to obtain a degree from a four year university. After the 6 years passes the conditional status becomes a legal American citizen. The following is the detailed qualification process obtained from the official web site of the dream act:

According to Golden Door Scholar, there are 1.4 million undocumented students in the United States and out of the 1.4 million students, only 7,000 will attend college. Defined by Educators for fair consideration, undocumented students are “foreign national individuals who entered the United States without inspection or with fraudulent documents.” There are programs to make it easier for undocumented students to attain an education like the DREAM Act. Although the DREAM Act is in effect, this is still not enough for undocumented students to attend good colleges and get the same rights as a citizen of the United States. Undocumented students should live their life

Ford-Paz and her researchers begin this article by establishing their belief that youth suicide in Latino communities is a large problem. It is stated that suicide and depression are even larger issues for Latinos than they are for other communities. Ford-Paz and her colleagues follow this up by stating the many reasons they believe it is an issue, and why it worse for Latinos. The introduction section of the article is ended by stating the three aims of the study; To obtain insight into the limitations of current preven programs and strategies, to identify social cultural factors affecting teen Latino suicide rates and finally to create ideas on how to prevent teen Latino suicide. The next sub-heading is titled methods and describes how Ford-Paz and her follow researchers conducted their study. The researchers used a community-based participatory research basis to perform their study. Over the course of 11 months they studied and researched the Latino community of Chicago, Illinois. Ford-Paz now moves onto how the research was conducted and how they choose participants. Ford-Paz and her colleagues used focus groups heavily to assist in their research. Finally the results are stated and discussed. The study found three important themes to help preventing Latino suicide. The article ends with a discussion of the results,

The Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors, more commonly known as it’s acronym, The Dream Act, is a parliamentary proposition to allow illegal aliens and their children to have the option of continuing their education into college. There are some differentiating opinions of this proposition. According to Yeh Ling-Ling, the main reason for Congress not supporting this bill is due to the lack of funding which will only increase the nation’s debt. With this being said, the students attending college through financial aid will be able to repay the debt they once claimed. It’s designed mainly for the people who have graduated high school or obtained a GED in America, but due to the immigration laws are unable to attend College or a higher academic setting.

In 2001 a bill known as the DREAM act was introduced by Senators Dick Durbin and Orrin Hatch. The basis of this legislation was to aid children under the age of 16 who were brought to the United States illegally by their parents. This bill paved the road for those children to achieve a temporary resident status as long as the met the stipulations of this proposed bill. The immigrant must prove that they entered the country prior to the age of 16 and lived in the country for at least 5 years to meet the first requirement. The second condition was that the immigrant must have graduated from a

In 2013, there were an estimated 41.3 million immigrants living in the United States. (Krogstad, 2014). According to present estimates, this foreign-born population consists of 18.6 million naturalized US citizens and 22.1 million noncitizens (Cenato, 2013). Among the noncitizens, approximately 13.3 million are permanent legal residents, while 11.3 million (28%) are unauthorized migrants. (Cenato, 2013). The majority of unauthorized immigrants are primarily from Mexico and other Latin American countries, they live Texas, Florida, California, New York and Arizona (Zong et. al 2015).

There is a bipartisan version DREAM act in congress since 2001, which give a path to citizenship and provide legal status to all undocumented young people The version would provide permit certain immigrant youth who have grown up in the United States to eventually obtain permanent legal status and become eligible for U.S. citizenship if they go to college or serve in the U.S. military, and It would eliminate a federal provision that penalizes states that provide in-state tuition without regard to immigration status.( Zimmerman,2011). The undocumented students represents a 26% college enrollments compare to

The majority of students in the U.S. are in an endeavor to continue higher education. Most students will end up taking student loans that will take years and even decades to pay back. But, in a country where higher education is needed to succeed in a competitive job market, the debacle arises as to what happens to those who aren’t citizens trying to continue unto higher learning. Certain laws have prevented undocumented students from attending universities because of a rise in immigration. However, to those students that had no say in arriving, they now seem stuck in the crossfire of uncertainty. Many believe giving financial aid to the undocumented is a gateway to flash flood migration.“Allowing illegal immigrant students to pay in-state college

Currently, there are around 12 million-plus unauthorized immigrants living in the United States who are undocumented. Most of these immigrants came across the border either illegally or into the country with some sort of visa or work permit and then remained past the date they were required to leave. Although many U.S. citizens disagree that they shouldn’t remain in the country, most of them are having a difficult time understanding how extremely beneficial they are to America.