Perchance to DREAM
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Perchance to DREAM

A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act and DACA

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eBook - ePub

Perchance to DREAM

A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act and DACA

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
NYU Press
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781479830992
eBook ISBN
9781479851225
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Immigration Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. 1. College Residency, Race, and Reaction: Before 1996
  9. 2. 2001–2010 State DREAM Acts and Litigation
  10. 3. The DREAM Act in Congress and Federal Developments
  11. 4. The Aftermath of the DREAM Act Defeats, State Developments
  12. 5. The DREAM Act and Prosecutorial Discretion: The Birth of DACA
  13. 6. Undocumented Lawyers, DACA, and Occupational Licensing
  14. 7. The 2016 Election of Donald Trump, the Rescission of DACA, and Its Aftermath
  15. Conclusion: Awakening from the DREAM
  16. Acknowledgments
  17. Appendix 1. State Laws Allowing Undocumented College Students to Establish Residency, 2019
  18. Appendix 2. States Restricting Access to Postsecondary Education for Undocumented/DACA Students through April 2019
  19. Appendix 3. Cases Involving Citizens, Residency, Tuition Benefits/Status, and the DREAM Act & DACA (through April 2019)
  20. Appendix 4. Immigration-Related Issues: New York State Education Department Licenses
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index
  24. About the Author