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Annotated Bibliography: Immigration
Janet Vanheck
Abrego, L, & Gonzales, R. (2010). Blocked Paths, Uncertain Futures: the
Postsecondary Education and Labor Market Prospects of Undocumented Latino
Youth. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR). 15 (1): 144-
157. doi: 10.1080/10824661003635168.
This article suggests that as undocumented immigrants finish high school, they
will need access to higher education and employment. The focus of this article is
a shift to postsecondary outcomes, what happens as students transition out of high
school. Presently, these students are at risk for poverty and hardship. The authors
suggest that the next line of research come out of large scale comparative projects,
although finding adequate sampling frames of undocumented student respondents
will require a great deal of field work
Contreras, A. (2002). The Impact of Education Policy on Education Reform:
Implications for the New Millennium. Education and Urban Society. 34(2): 134
– 155. doi: 10.1177/0013124502034002002.
This article focuses on how public policy shapes the current approach to
developing curricula and maintaining a school climate that includes children of
immigrants. It suggests that there is a massive enrollment of such students,
resulting in school restructuring. This article acknowledges the presence of the
high numbers of immigrant students and sheds light on how schools deal with
them. The authors note that completion of high school and attendance in college
programs is of crucial importance to the success of immigrant students and their
families, particularly from a socioeconomic perspective.
New, W. & Petronicolos, L. (1999). Anti-Immigrant Legislation, Social Justice, and the
Right to Equal Educational Opportunity. American Educational Research
Journal. 36 (3): 373 – 408.
Although this article was published in 1999, it remains among the best resources
on this topic. It shows how public policy has been shaped to include and exclude
immigrant students and their families from free public education. It emphasizes
that public education should not be influenced by citizenship or socioeconomic
status. They suggest that discrimination is bound to change in the future.