Undocumented Under the Law: De Jure and De Facto Oppression in the 21st Century

• In Event: Immigrants, Language, and Educational (In)Justice

Abstract

This paper’s objective is through a combination of legal theory and voices of undocumented students, it intends on providing an experiential display of what life is like for undocumented students in search of a college education while distinguishing the differences of de jure and de facto aspects of the law. Our immigration legal system and local ordinances set educational parameters and at times, instructs the policies we create in schools on paper and in our minds.

Author

• Jaime Liborio Del Razo, Vassar College