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Advisors work directly with students throughout college, and are one of the most important aspects of the student experience, serving a key role towards student and institutional success. Undocumented students in higher education experience unique challenges and barriers within higher education due to their liminal status, and the volatile political context presents even more stress. This research study responds to literature regarding the need to explore higher education professionals who have the awareness, knowledge, and skills to support undocumented students (UDSC). This qualitative multiple case study explores the motivating factors of academic advisors in Illinois who have built UDSC. Using purposeful sampling, 19 academic advisors at three four-year institutions participated in an online survey, 11 also participated in semi-structured interviews, and documents were collected. An analysis of the data resulted in four primary interconnected themes: (1) Professional Responsibility as Advisor; (2) Human Rights, Social Justice, and Advocacy; (3) Institutional Context; (4) Political Climate and Increased Dialog. The findings indicate advisors are strongly motivated by personal factors, specifically their professional responsibility as an advisor to support students, and their beliefs for human rights, social justice, and advocacy carries into their role. Institutional factors were motivating if the advisor viewed their institution as taking a strong stance of support. The volatile political climate surrounding immigration was not found to be a strong motivating factor, but did influence the way in which advisors feel they needed to support undocumented students. 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Undocumented students in higher education experience unique challenges and barriers within higher education due to their liminal status, and the volatile political context presents even more stress. This research study responds to literature regarding the need to explore higher education professionals who have the awareness, knowledge, and skills to support undocumented students (UDSC). This qualitative multiple case study explores the motivating factors of academic advisors in Illinois who have built UDSC. Using purposeful sampling, 19 academic advisors at three four-year institutions participated in an online survey, 11 also participated in semi-structured interviews, and documents were collected. An analysis of the data resulted in four primary interconnected themes: (1) Professional Responsibility as Advisor; (2) Human Rights, Social Justice, and Advocacy; (3) Institutional Context; (4) Political Climate and Increased Dialog. The findings indicate advisors are strongly motivated by personal factors, specifically their professional responsibility as an advisor to support students, and their beliefs for human rights, social justice, and advocacy carries into their role. Institutional factors were motivating if the advisor viewed their institution as taking a strong stance of support. The volatile political climate surrounding immigration was not found to be a strong motivating factor, but did influence the way in which advisors feel they needed to support undocumented students. A conceptual model of academic advisors supporting undocumented students is provided, including the various factors of influences (personal, institutional, and political), and how they operate as a system. 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