Perchance to Dream: A Legal and Political History of the Dream ACT and Daca

by Michael A. Olivas

Book Overview

The first comprehensive history of the DREAM Act and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

In 1982, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Plyler v. Doe that undocumented children had the right to attend public schools without charge or impediment, regardless of their immigration status. The ruling raised a question: what if undocumented students, after graduating from the public school system, wanted to attend college?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479878286
• ISBN13: 9781479878284
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 8.5"