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Showing 1 to 20 of 317 for “"Undocumented"”.
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Alien, Illegal, Undocumented: Labeling, Context, and Worldview in the Immigration Debate and in the Lives of Undocumented Youth
… definitions given for the labels ‘illegal’ and ‘undocumented’ were explored in Study II, and the lived experience of undocumented youth in two community colleges was investigated in Study III. It was hypothesized that: I) attitudes concerning unauthorized immigrants are a function of present …
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Documenting dreams: undocumented students in Washington State
… that have provided access to higher education to undocumented students through the lens of sociocultural identity theory and cultural identification theory. These theories are fundamental in understanding the construction of identity for undocumented students as a result of their interactions with …
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Are We Forgetting Someone? Undocumented Immigrants and Healthcare
The future of healthcare for undocumented immigrants (UIs) in the United States is bleak. Almost completely left out of healthcare reform, UIs are likely to comprise an increasingly greater portion of the U.S. uninsured population, with only limited options to meet their healthcare needs. Now more …
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Conceptualizing the undocumented college student's legal status.
Undocumented students in pursuit of a college education face a unique intersection of conflicting identities: one that potentially gives them a higher societal status by joining the social category of "college student," and one that is associated with a social stigma that comes from the label of …
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Migrant Itinerancy: The Hemispheric Politics of Contemporary Undocumented Migration
… The Hemispheric Politics of Contemporary Undocumented Migration analyzes contemporary literary production on the recent intensification of migration patterns in Latin America and the United States. I engage with Latin American and Chicano cultural criticism to examine the neoliberal …
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Transitional labor : undocumented workers in a changing automobile industry
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1984.
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Access to Life: Advanced Heart Failure Therapies for Undocumented Immigrants
… U.S. healthcare system systematically excludes undocumented immigrants (UIs) from life-sustaining treatments for advanced heart failure (AHF), creating profound ethical violations and health disparities. This thesis demonstrates how excluding UIs from AHF therapies breaches justice, autonomy, …
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Undocumented Hispanic students and the postsecondary transition: a narrative perspective
<p>Undocumented students transition to college in extremely low numbers due to a high degree of marginalization, inequity in access to higher education, and constitutional confusion regarding federal and state issues of supremacy and inferiority in immigration, tuition, and financial aid policies. …
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Experience of Undocumented Immigrant Children in the Child Welfare System
As the number of undocumented immigrants entering the U.S. continues to increase, the number of undocumented children and families who come into contact with the child welfare system is also increasing. Currently, there are no federal or state guidelines addressing the immigration status of …
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The Experiences of Undocumented College Students Through Critical Evocative Portraiture
… study explored the college experiences of five undocumented students. Using data from three in-depth interviews, the study sought to offer insights to educational leaders on the in- and out-of-class validating experiences that influenced a group of undocumented students to persist in their …
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Undocumented Students’ Access to Higher Education in San Francisco, Bay Area
… “in what ways does DACA status influence undocumented students’ ability to access higher education in San Francisco and Bay Area, California?” Even though DACA does not encompass any direct policies regarding access to education, there is a very strong correlation between having DACA …
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The Impact of Undocumented Immigration on Unfunded Mandates and Government Effectiveness
… purpose of this study is to assess the impact of undocumented immigration on the United States, specifically the economic implications they may carry and the government effectiveness in managing this population. Utilizing the method of qualitative content analysis, this study examined the various …
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The Predicament of Illegality: Undocumented Aliens in Contemporary American Immigration Fiction
This dissertation examines representations of undocumented aliens and explores the issue of illegality in contemporary American immigration fiction. It takes as a fundamental premise that in immigration, status matters. The importance of immigration status in the "real world" is evident not only in …
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Motivating factors of academic advisors supporting undocumented students in higher education
… prompting academic advisors to expand their Undocumented/DACAmented Status Competency (UDSC). The focus is on why advisors enhance their ability to support this unique population in college, providing a deeper understanding of how they view their experience, specifically as it relates to …
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UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY: EXPLOITING UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS FOR POLITICAL GAIN
The U.S. Congress has not passed significant immigration reform legislation since 1996. Congress’s inaction has enabled presidential administrations to amass power and shape immigration policy according to their political priorities. This thesis explores how political tribalism and ever-changing …
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Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: Discourse Ethics and Amnesty for Undocumented Immigration
… is to explore the unique challenges facing undocumented migrants, and the claims to amnesty they can make. I take a discourse theoretic approach to this issue, following in the footsteps of Jürgen Habermas and Seyla Benhabib, among others. My thesis consists of the following claims. First, a …
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Undocumented migration, the fourteenth amendment and the enduring battle over who counts
… the United States regarding immigration and an undocumented population, this thesis will suggest that this is not only a debate about citizenship and immigration, but it is about statelessness as well. Rather than focus on citizenship and the attainment of certain liberties, this thesis examines …
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"Suffering in the shadows: ""undocumented"" Latin American immigrants, inequality, embodiment and health"
… embodiment to examine the social processes that “undocumented” Latin American migrants undergo and how these social processes affect their health. Embodiment refers to how our bodies and minds literally incorporate, from conception to death, the material and social world in which we live (Krieger, …
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