Week 13: Return to Exclusion? Reconstituting a Culture of Fear

This week presents an overview of unauthorized migration into the U.S., focusing on undocumented immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. What are the historical and social processes that have led to the undocumented nature of Mexican immigration? What rights do undocumented workers have to government services and benefits as articulated in the Supreme Court decision Plyler v. Doe? What are the politics and policies surrounding border control?

T, 5/2: Unauthorized Migration Data and Life

• Stats on undocumented
• What is life like for undocumented immigrants? The New Yorker. July 27, 2015. Jeffrey Toobin. “American Limbo.” http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/27/american-limbo (12pgs) 
• Education and the undocumented:
• Olivas, Michael A. 2005. “Plyler v. Doe, the Education of Undocumented Children, and the Polity.” Chapter 8 in Immigration Stories. Edited by David A. Martin. New York: Foundation Press. (http://tinyurl.com/gv2a7b8) (24pgs) 
• Video: The Dream is Now (https://youtu.be/ZqYptDgq3T0) (31 mins) 
• Some states bypass Congress, create their own versions of the DREAM Act (http://tinyurl.com/zsz5gau) (7pgs) 

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Th, 5/4: Workshop #3: class discussion about your interviews