The Contradictory Realities for Undocumented Students in California.
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https://doi.org/10.58445/rars.1770Keywords:
Immigration , Undocumented immigrant students, California, Informational gap, solutionsAbstract
It is 2024, and immigration continues to be a problem for both documented and undocumented immigrants throughout America. People, especially those who live in California, assume that the best place for immigrants to succeed, especially the undocumented, is their very state. However, not everything meets the eye. This paper centers around the writer's connection to immigration and how they have used that to further their connection to focusing on undocumented immigrant students within California. The paper relies on a search done to illustrate the informational gap between undocumented immigrant students and the resources that the state of California provides them with, along with the struggles that are still continuous for an undocumented immigrant in trying to pursue education. This paper uses studies, examples of high schools attempting to support undocumented immigrants, and detailed reports on how certain educational and criminal laws apply to undocumented immigrants. This paper points to possible solutions to continue to support the pathway of undocumented immigrants to achieve their academic goals and how citizens in California can help.
Keywords: Immigration, Undocumented immigrant students, California, Informational gap, solutions
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