Fear of Deportation in High School: Implications for Breaking the Circle of Silence Surrounding Migration Status |
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| Authors: | Julián Jefferies |
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| Institution: | Department of Reading and Literacy Education, California State University, Fullerton |
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| Abstract: | Long-term ethnographic data on the daily lives of undocumented students, their teachers, and administrators reveal the effects of fear of deportation (De Genova,?2002) on the routine of a high school. Thirty years after Plyler v. Doe guaranteed the educational rights of undocumented students, this study finds many factors contributing to the creation of a Circle of Silence around these students’ rights and access to schooling that threatens the educational opportunities of a significant population of immigrant students. The implications of this study reveal how schools can become a space to interrupt this vicious cycle through awareness, counseling, and advocacy. |
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| Keywords: | undocumented students high school fear of deportation ethnography administrators legal issues |
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