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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
2012.
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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).