Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth

by Maria Chávez, Melissa R. Michelson, Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti

Book Overview

In 2012, President Obama deferred the deportation of qualified undocumented youth with his policy of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals forever changing the lives of the approximately five million DREAMers currently in the United States. Formerly illegal, a generation of Latino youth have begun to build new lives based on their newfound legitimacy. In this book, the first to examine the lives of DREAMers in the wake of Obama s deferred action...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161205711X
• ISBN13: 9781612057118
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"