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No Undocumented Child Left Behind : Plyler v. Doe and the Education of Undocumented Schoolchildren /

The 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe, which made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in Texas public schools, was a watershed moment for immigrant rights in the United States. The Court struck down both a state statute denying funding for education to undocumented children a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Olivas, Michael A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why Plyler matters
  • The story of Plyler v. Doe : the education of undocumented children, and the polity
  • The implementation of Plyler v. Doe
  • The political economy of the DREAM Act and the legislative process : Doe goes to college
  • Conclusion : the discourse and the danger (or, why Plyler should have been decided on preemption grounds).