Abrego, Leisy Janet. "“I can’t go to college because I don’t have papers”: Incorporation patterns of Latino undocumented youth." Latino Studies 4.3 (2006): 212-231.
Leisy Janet Abrego is an associate professor at UCLA, in Latina/o Studies, Central Americans in the U.S., Gender, Families, Immigration Laws in Everyday Life. Some of her other work include “Legitimacy, social identity, and the mobilization of law: The effects of Assembly Bill 540 on undocumented students in California”, “Legal Violence: Immigration Law and the Lives of Central American Immigrants1”, “Parents and children across borders”, and many more articles. In the article “I can’t go to College because I don’t have Papers’’: Incorporation Patterns of Latino Undocumented Youth”, …show more content…
Del Castillo is an associate professor and is also a graduate counselor. Some of her research includes household strategies of survival in Mexico, Mexican gender systems, social and cultural citizenship, and cultural studies and Mexicana/Chicana feminist history. Some of her other work are “ Queer in Aztlan: Chicano Male Recollections of Consciousness and Coming Out”, “Convert Cultural Norms and Sex/Gender Meaning: A Mexico City Case”, “Mexican Women in the United States: Struggles Past and Present”. In “Illegal Status and Social Citizenship”, Castillo discusses the role Mexican immigrants play in society, even though they are not recognized as citizens. Most Mexican immigrants if not all, come here to work and by doing so, they are contributing to the economy. Mexican labor plays a huge role in keeping the economy stable, but many people refuse to accept it because if they do it is almost as if they are saying that they need Mexican immigrants. I agree with Del Castillo that “Mexican immigrant communities unintentionally undermine the authority of the state…” (573). Many immigrants even though they are in the U.S. illegally, they still use the resources and benefits available, which are well deserved because, like every working citizen they are paying for it with labor and taxes. In doing so, it is as if they are showing that although they aren’t legal citizens they are living almost as such. However, they are treated unequally, paid lower wages, and most importantly, they are not recognized as citizens. When in reality they should be because they are contributing and participating in society just as much as citizens. I would use this article to reveal that undocumented immigrants are not only being discriminated or treated unfairly through education but through the job as
Leisy Janet Abrego is an associate professor at UCLA, in Latina/o Studies, Central Americans in the U.S., Gender, Families, Immigration Laws in Everyday Life. Some of her other work include “Legitimacy, social identity, and the mobilization of law: The effects of Assembly Bill 540 on undocumented students in California”, “Legal Violence: Immigration Law and the Lives of Central American Immigrants1”, “Parents and children across borders”, and many more articles. In the article “I can’t go to College because I don’t have Papers’’: Incorporation Patterns of Latino Undocumented Youth”, …show more content…
Del Castillo is an associate professor and is also a graduate counselor. Some of her research includes household strategies of survival in Mexico, Mexican gender systems, social and cultural citizenship, and cultural studies and Mexicana/Chicana feminist history. Some of her other work are “ Queer in Aztlan: Chicano Male Recollections of Consciousness and Coming Out”, “Convert Cultural Norms and Sex/Gender Meaning: A Mexico City Case”, “Mexican Women in the United States: Struggles Past and Present”. In “Illegal Status and Social Citizenship”, Castillo discusses the role Mexican immigrants play in society, even though they are not recognized as citizens. Most Mexican immigrants if not all, come here to work and by doing so, they are contributing to the economy. Mexican labor plays a huge role in keeping the economy stable, but many people refuse to accept it because if they do it is almost as if they are saying that they need Mexican immigrants. I agree with Del Castillo that “Mexican immigrant communities unintentionally undermine the authority of the state…” (573). Many immigrants even though they are in the U.S. illegally, they still use the resources and benefits available, which are well deserved because, like every working citizen they are paying for it with labor and taxes. In doing so, it is as if they are showing that although they aren’t legal citizens they are living almost as such. However, they are treated unequally, paid lower wages, and most importantly, they are not recognized as citizens. When in reality they should be because they are contributing and participating in society just as much as citizens. I would use this article to reveal that undocumented immigrants are not only being discriminated or treated unfairly through education but through the job as