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When Model Minority Meets Illegality: Understanding Undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander Student Experiences in Higher Education
Sun, April 24, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT (4:15 to 5:45pm PDT), Division Virtual Rooms, Division G - Section 2: Differences and Intersectionalities Virtual Roundtable Session RoomAbstract
Despite being the fastest growing undocumented population, undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander (undocuAPI) students remain in the shadows and less is known how they navigate stereotypes associated with their Asianness and undocumented status in higher education. To further understand the ways race and immigration shape undocumented young adults’ lives, this study centered undocuAPI students’ college experiences and navigation. Drawing on interviews with 10 undocuAPI college students in California, the study found that undocuAPI students experienced structural invisibility -- being excluded both at the API spaces and undocuserving spaces on college campuses. The study informs educators, researchers and policymakers of the intersectional, nuanced experiences among undocumented students by diversifying the monolithic conceptualization of undocumented students higher education.