El trabajo presenta los resultados de un estudio empírico sobre las percepciones que de la lectura y la escritura tienen estudiantes provenientes de sectores vulnerables y con bajo rendimiento escolar en una universidad pública en México. Nuestro objetivo es identificar el impacto que estas representaciones tienen en su desempeño escolar y en los procesos de inclusión educativa propios del nivel superior. Los resultados muestran que las dificultades académicas asociadas a la comprensión y comunicación de saberes, si bien no son un factor exclusivo, sí contribuyen de manera dominante al fracaso y la deserción escolar de jóvenes en situación vulnerable.

In recent years, thousands of children and young people have been repatriated from the United States to Mexico. Their parents decided to return to their country of origin and not to host them to the DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals) program. The objective of this paper is double: first, to characterize the different profiles of young students who return to Mexico after having studied some or all grades of their basic and upper secondary education in the United States and who are repatriated to take up their university studies; and secondly the challenges in scholastic and social issues are analyzed, those that students face in their attempt to attend higher education in another country. The results suggest that having a space for these students in the Mexican educational system is not enough, it is necessary to develop programs that facilitate the inclusion of these young people both in the school and in the social context. Keywords: Dreamers, DACA, Language learners, Higher education, Young returnees IntroductionThe term "dreamer" has come into vogue in recent years in politics, as well as in social and educational environments of Mexico. "Dreamer" is used to refer to undocumented young people who arrived in the United States as children and whose parents aspired to achieve the "American dream" and who, as a consequence, also sought that dream.It is estimated that up to June 2012 there were about 2.1 million "dreamers" in the United States (US). These young people are now the older siblings of 4.5 million children who were recognized as US citizens because they were born in the United States even though they were children of undocumented parents. Many of these young people were forced to return to Mexico because of immigration policies, but many others were able to stay in US territory because they were admitted to the DACA program which was established on June 15, 2012 by the then President of the United States, Barak Obama.The deferred action program (DACA) does not solve the migratory status of these young people but allows them to a) not be deported, b) continue studying, c) file a social security number, d) legally work and travel abroad, and e) obtain a driver's license in most states of US. According to the Pew Research Center, 1.7 million young people were eligible to benefit from this program since it was issued and up to date 450,000 young people have been admitted into it (Truax, 2014).Some of the requirements to benefit from this law are: to be under the age of 31 at the date of issuance of the program, to have arrived to the US when they were under 16, to have been a permanent resident, to be in US territory in the United States at the time of application of the program, have no criminal record and to be studying at the time of application. As can be seen, the criteria described above hinder the possibility of many young dreamers who could have been considered as candidates for the program.Thus, even before and after the issuance of DACA, deportation of migrants including young ...