Eileen Truax

Dreamers (eBook, ePUB)

An Immigrant Generation's Fight for Their American Dream

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Dreamers is a movement book for the generation brought to the United States as children-and now fighting to live here legally Of the approximately twelve million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, as many as two million came as children. They grow up here, going to elementary, middle, and high school, and then the country they call home won't-in most states-offer financial aid for college and they're unable to be legally employed. In 2001, US senator Dick Durbin introduced the DREAM Act to Congress, an initiative that would allow these young people to become legal residents if they met certain requirements. And now, more than ten years later, in the face of congressional inertia and furious opposition from some, the DREAM Act has yet to be passed. But recently, this young generation has begun organizing, and with their rallying cry "Undocumented, Unapologetic, and Unafraid" they are the newest face of the human rights movement. In Dreamers, Eileen Truax illuminates the stories of these men and women who are living proof of a complex and sometimes hidden political reality that calls into question what it truly means to be American.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780807030325
• Artikelnr.: 42368329

Autorenporträt

Eileen Truax is a Mexican journalist specializing in migration and politics. She contributes regularly to Al Día News and the Spanish-language versions of the New York Times, Newsweek, and Vice. Truax often speaks at colleges and universities about the Dreamer movement and immigration. Her current project explores the lives of immigrant youth in Spain. Truax is also the author of two forthcoming books in 2018: How Does It Feel to Be Unwanted? and We Built the Wall. She lives in Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
We Are All Dreamers
CHAPTER ONE
A Student in Need
CHAPTER TWO
Undocumented and Unafraid: Out of the Shadows
CHAPTER THREE
Dream Seller
CHAPTER FOUR
Back to a Strange World
CHAPTER FIVE
California Dreaming
CHAPTER SIX
Dreaming in Arizona
CHAPTER SEVEN
Dying for a Dream
CHAPTER EIGHT
Deferred Action: A Temporary Reprieve
CHAPTER NINE
Undocuqueers: Coming Out, Twice
CHAPTER TEN
#BringThemHome
EPILOGUE
The Fight for Their Dreams
APPENDIX
The DREAM Act
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SOURCES