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Undocumented Immigrants and Higher Education: ¡Sí se puede! (The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society) - Softcover

Alejandra Rincón

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9781593324148: Undocumented Immigrants and Higher Education: ¡Sí se puede! (The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society)
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ISBN 10: 1593324146 ISBN 13: 9781593324148
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2010

Synopsis

Rincón reviews the struggle by undocumented immigrant students to gain access to college by paying in-state tuition rates. These efforts, which have been successful in ten states, can be characterized as a human and civil rights struggle based on the fundamental premise that no group should be subjected to discrimination. Undocumented students seek equality under the law while affirming their humanity and thus their rights as human beings. Undocumented immigrants seek to overturn government and media images that portray them as aliens and illegals; devoid of all rights simply because they are working and living in a country other than the one in which they were born.

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About the Author

Alejandra Rincón received the 2006 Human Relations Award of the National Association of College Admissions Counseling. She worked with two of Texas largest school districts and was active in the passage and implementation of legislation that allowed undocumented students to attend college at in-state tuition rates. She continues the advocacy work with immigrant college students in Texas and California.

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Publisher
LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1593324146
ISBN 13 
9781593324148
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
298
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