Date of Award

1-1-2023

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies

Content Description

1 online resource (ix, 193 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Johana Londoño

Committee Members

Joanna Dreby, Walter Little, Roberto Gonzales, Sophia Rodriguez

Keywords

Belonging, Desservingness, Drop-out, Encajar, Undocumented Youth, Youth Criminalization, Hispanic American youth, Belonging (Social psychology), Noncitizen children, Dropouts

Subject Categories

Ethnic Studies

Abstract

Encajar from the Margins is a timely and important ethnographic project that contributes to existing literature on issues related to immigrant youth’s navigation of “illegality,” deservingness, and belonging. It examines the layers of challenges faced by undocumented youth who drop-out of high school. More specifically, this research centers the counter-narratives of undocumented youth that challenge many stigmatizing labels they have socially acquired. This dissertation focuses on an understudied population of young people who do not qualify for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or any other immigration protections after they migrated to the United States. This study provides important insight into how “illegality” takes place among individuals who do not attend college and live without DACA in a locality presumed to be inclusive and accommodating of immigrant youth and families.

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