EDUCATION

UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS
DREAMERS

HISTORY OF UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS

FOR YEARS ABOUT 65,OOO UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS GRADUATED
HIGH SCHOOL EVERY YEAR AND DIDNT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ATTEND COLLEGE
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GO FROM K-12, BUT AFTER THAT WHAT ELSE
COULD THEY DO?
MANY WERE DISCOURAGED TO EVEN APPLY TO COLLEGES
ALSO DIDNT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK LEGALLY

HOW DO MEMBERS OF SOCIETY PERCEIVE

UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS?
SINCE THEY ARE UNDOCUMENTED/ IMMIGRANTS, THESE STUDENTS ARE
SEEN AS AN UNDER CLASS
ALSO KNOWN AS THE POOR

HOW DO UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS

PERCEIVE THEMESELVES?

THE SYSTEM THEY ARE IN IS AN OPEN SYSTEM FOR THEY CAN ACHIEVE
FOR BETTER AND IT WOULD INFLUENCE THEIR SOCIAL POSITION

HOW HAS EDUCATION FOR UNDOCUMENTED

STUDENTS CHANGED OVER TIME?
TUITON
NO LONGER ARE STUDENTS PAYING OUT OF STATE TUITION, NOW THEY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PAY IN STATE TUTION.
FINANCIAL AID
BEFORE THERE WAS NOT TYPE OF AID FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS, IF YOU
WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE IT WAS OUT OF POCKET. NOW THERE ARE GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS TO HELP AID FINANCIALLY
SCHOLARSHIPS
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF SCHOLARSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE THAT DONT REQUIRE YOU
TO BE A CITIZEN LIKE YEARS BEFORE

WHAT HAS CAUSED EDUCATION FOR

UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS TO CHANGE?
AB 540
PASSED BY CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE IN OCTOBER OF 2001 AND WAS PUT INTO
ACTION JANUARY 1, 2002. ALLOWED UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS PAY IN-STATE TUITION IF
ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS, GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND
WILL FILE AS SOON AS AN OPPORTUNITY SHOWS UP
DACA
IN 2012 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PASSED THIS PROGRAM TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM
DEPORTATION AND ALLOWING THEM A CHANCE FOR WORK OPPORTUNITIES
DREAM ACT
IN 2013 UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS WERE GIVEN FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT

THINGS THAT HAVE NOT CHANGED AND

COULD BE IMPROVED

THE ONLY THING THAT HAS NOT CHANGED FOR UNDOCUMENTED

STUDENTS IS THAT THEY ARE STILL NOT CONSIDERED AS CITIZENS.
IF THERE WERE SOMETHING TO CHANGE, THIS WOULD BE THE CHANGE.
ALLOWING THESE STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL FOR A
HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CITIZENSHIP.

MAJOR PARTICIPANTS: THE DREAMERS

DREAMERS
THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED, BUT WANT AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE CAREERS WITH EQUAL
OPPORTUNITIES AS ANY OTHER STUDENT.
THEY HAVE A DREAM
DREAM IS AN ACRONYM FOR DEVELOPMENT, RELIEF, AND EDUCATION FOR
ALIEN MINORS

FUNCTIONALIST THEORY

GIVING UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE HIGHER

EDUCATION MEANS GOOD PAYING JOBS WHICH IMPLIES MORE TAX
MONEY FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
SCHOOLS WOULD ALSO BE BENEFITING FROM THE TUITION OF EVERY
STUDENT GOING TO COLLEGE

CONFLICT THEORY

ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN LOOKING BETTER FOR
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS THERE ARE STILL THINGS THAT ARE NOT
EQUAL TO OTHER STUDENTS.
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS ARE WORKING, PAYING TAXES, PAYING
TUITION, AND STRIVING FOR A BETTER FUTURE LIKE OTHER CITIZENS,
BUT STILL ARE NOT CONSIDERED CITIZENS AND STILL REFERRED TO AS
ALIENS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE OF THE PLACE THEY WERE
BORN IN

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HTTPS://
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