Dreams Deferred

Martinez, Lisa M.

doi:10.1177/0002764214550289

Cited by 53 publications

(22 citation statements)

References 29 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, those who are undocumented must overcome multiple challenges to enroll in and persist in college (see Martinez, 2014;Terriquez, in press). However, those who are undocumented must overcome multiple challenges to enroll in and persist in college (see Martinez, 2014;Terriquez, in press).…”

Section: Strained and Segmented Pathwaysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Becoming DACAmented

Gonzales

Terriquez

Ruszczyk

2014

American Behavioral Scientist

218

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In response to political pressure, President Obama authorized the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2012, giving qualified undocumented young people access to relief from deportation, renewable work permits, and temporary Social Security numbers. This policy opened up access to new jobs, higher earnings, driver's licenses, health care, and banking. Using data from a national sample of DACA beneficiaries (N = 2,381), this article investigates variations in how undocumented young adults benefit from DACA. Our findings suggest that, at least in the short term, DACA has reduced some of the challenges that undocumented young adults must overcome to achieve economic and social incorporation. However, those with higher levels of education and access to greater family and community resources appear to have benefited the most. As such, our study provides new insights into how social policy interacts with other stratification processes to shape diverging pathways of incorporation among the general pool of undocumented immigrants.

show abstract

Section: Strained and Segmented Pathwaysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Becoming DACAmented

Gonzales

Terriquez

Ruszczyk

2014

American Behavioral Scientist

218

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…However, although they are considered lawfully present (see Gonzales, et al, 2014;Martinez, 2014), DACA recipients continue to face the same restrictions to health coverage as other undocumented immigrants. In 2012, some 2 million undocumented youth became eligible for the 2-year amnesty under the DACA program.…”

Section: The Intersection Of Immigration and Health Care: Embodied Efmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Care Access for Latino Mixed-Status Families

Castañeda

Melo

2014

American Behavioral Scientist

104

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

There are approximately 2.3 million mixed-status families in the United States, containing varied combinations of citizens, permanent legal residents, undocumented immigrants, and individuals in legal limbo. These families offer an opportunity to examine the functioning of the contemporary state and its penetration at the household level. For many Latino youth, experiences are framed not only by their own but other family members' legal status. This article reports on health care seeking experiences of mixed-status families in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas and the impact of the recent health care reform (Affordable Care Act). We utilized qualitative ethnographic methods including 55 semistructured interviews with mixedstatus families and 43 interviews with health care providers, caseworkers, and public health officials. Results indicate that changes accompanying the reform directly and indirectly affect mixed-status households' ability to access care. We describe strategies in times of illness, including those unique to border communities. We conclude that, for successful implementation of policies associated with health care reform, broader issues related to immigration status must be addressed, especially anxieties regarding future chances of regularization. These uniquely affect mixed-status families, create a ripple effect on all household members, and result in unintended consequences for U.S. citizen children. Implications point to the need for a pathway to citizenship for parents as a basic step in improving well-being of children.

show abstract

“…Finally, as many others have noted (Abrego, 2006(Abrego, , 2008Gonzales, 2011;Martinez, 2014;Valenzuela et al, 2015;Zatz & Rodriguez, 2015), comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship for undocumented youth is sorely needed in the United States. Undocumented students want to be heard.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

DREAMers and values: An urban and suburban community college comparison.

Caicedo¹

2019

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Although previous research on the role of postsecondary education in the lives of undocumented youth has offered insight regarding demographics, educational achievement, measures of well-being, and generational trajectories, less is known about these young immigrants' values and beliefs regarding themselves, their relation to others, their futures, and the potential influence of their social surroundings on these values. The intersecting perceptual beliefs between self and higher education were investigated among 7 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) participants in 2 U.S. community colleges and were hypothesized to reflect two social environments: an urban (New York) and a suburban (New Jersey) setting. As values analysis uncovers principles and goals embedded within narratives, the similarity (shared beliefs) and dissimilarity (unshared beliefs) of being undocumented in these two landscapes were investigated through values. Results revealed that regardless of location, undocumented students held values concerning perseverance and the need to hide their status yet be understood by others. However, depending on location, values either reflected the importance of improving either one's family condition (New York) or one's personal trajectory (New Jersey). Implications are discussed in the context of current U.S. immigration policy and what college administrators and faculty can implement in order to create a more welcoming climate for this vulnerable, yet growing, student population.

show abstract

Dreams Deferred

Abstract: Deferred Action for Childhood

Cited by 53 publications

References 29 publications

Becoming DACAmented

Becoming DACAmented

Health Care Access for Latino Mixed-Status Families

DREAMers and values: An urban and suburban community college comparison.

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About