The DREAMers: How the Undocumented Youth Movement Transformed the Immigrant Rights Debate PDF
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The DREAMers The DREAMers How the Undocumented Youth Movement Transformed the Immigrant Rights Debate Walter J. Nicholls Stanford University Press Stanford, California Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2013 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nicholls, Walter, author. The DREAMers : how the undocumented youth movement transformed the immigrant rights debate / Walter J. Nicholls. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8047-8703-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8047-8884-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Immigrant youth—Political activity—United States. 2. Illegal aliens— Political activity—United States. 3. Immigrant youth—Civil rights—United States. 4. Immigrants—Civil rights—United States. 5. Youth protest movements—United States. I. Title. JV6477.N53 2013 325.73—dc23 2013011191 ISBN 978-0-8047-8869-4 (electronic) To Marie Contents List of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Voice and Power of Undocumented Youths, an Unlikely Story 1 1 Finding Political Openings in a Hostile Country 21 2 The Birth of the DREAMer 47 3 Taking a Stand 74 4 Rebirth from the Grassroots Up 99 5 Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic 118 6 DREAMers and the Immigrant Rights Movement 143 Conclusion: Dreaming Through the Nation-state 168 Appendix 183 Notes 191 References 207 Index 219 Figures 1. A Call to Arms by the “Dream Is Coming” 87 2. DREAMer in the Fields 105 3. Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic 122 4. I Exist! 123 5. Queer, Undocumented, and Unafraid 126 6. Courageous and Responsible Parents 129
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