Undocumented Black Students and Hermeneutical Injustice: Higher Education’s Role in Leaving Them Out of the Undocumented Conversation

The (un)embraced: The experiences of Black undocumented students on college campuses.

“…Such on-campus exclusion resulted in a sense of isolation. Scholars (e.g., Chan, 2010; Hall, 2022; Meitzenheimer, 2020; Palmer, 2017; Russell, 2022) have previously noted how undocuBlack students navigate a sense of invisibility within higher education. Black undocumented students often report feeling isolated and too scared or embarrassed to seek support from their friends (Patler, 2018).…”

“…This focus is in part because the Latinx undocumented population comprises over three quarters of the 10.5 million undocumented immigrant population currently living in the United States (Salinas Velasco et al, 2015). With such focus on Latinx students, however, few studies have focused on the experiences of non-Latinx, Black undocumented students, specifically (Hall, 2022; Russell, 2022).…”

“…Because the images of undocumented people are most often Latinx, Black undocumented immigrants who do not identify as Latinx, experience invisibilization (Benjamin, 2018;Meitzenheimer, 2020;Palmer, 2017). According to Hall (2022), undocumented-Black students are hidden in plain sight and face several identity-related challenges. While Latinx undocumented students often report being read as undocumented, Black undocumented students often do not report the same (Patler, 2014(Patler, , 2018.…”

“…Anderson and Lopez (2018) similarly assert that Black immigrants are twice as likely to be detained as opposed to the general immigrant population as a whole. Furthermore, their experiences are largely ignored and underexplored within higher education (Hall, 2022). This study aims to contribute to the limited research on undocuBlack students by investigating the ways being Black and undocumented affects how undocuBlack students experience higher education.…”

Postsecondary pathways for undocumented Latina/o students: The different roads to and through bachelor’s degree attainment.

“…Not accounting for immigration enforcement and other dynamics more proximal to the individual, however, offers an opportunity for future research. Second, while we focus on Latina/o students, we recognize that undocumented status transcends race and ethnicity (Hall, 2022). As a result, future research should consider the experiences of undocumented students from different racial backgrounds.…”