"I CAN'T GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE PAPERS'' : INCORPORATION PATTERNS OF LATINO UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH
"I CAN'T GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE PAPERS'' : INCORPORATION PATTERNS OF LATINO UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH
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DOI：
10.1057/palgrave.lst.8600200
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发表时间：
2006-09-01
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0.6
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Abrego, Leisy Janet
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作者：
Abrego, Leisy Janet
在世界上许多最富裕的民族国家中，无证移民问题已经得到了前所未有的重视。在美国，大量无证青年在成长过程中可以合法地接受公立高中教育，但在接受高等教育方面却面临法律和经济障碍，甚至在获得大学录取时也是如此。与无证身份相关的法律和社会矛盾限制了这些年轻人通过传统途径向上流动的机会。基于人种学和深度访谈，本文考察了洛杉矶拉丁裔工人阶级移民的有证和无证儿童的经历。由于他们的教育和家庭环境没有区别，无证青年在早期经历了与有证同龄人相似的社会融入过程。然而，他们的法律保护在高中毕业后就结束了，这极大地限制了他们通过教育向上流动的机会。在某些情况下，对未来大学入学障碍的了解导致了教育动机的下降。现有的同化理论需要扩大，以包括这一新的和相当大的现象。
Undocumented immigration has gained unprecedented prominence in many of the world's wealthiest nation-states. In the United States, a substantial population of undocumented youth is growing up with legal access to public education through high school, but facing legal and economic barriers to higher education, even when attaining college admission. The legal and social contradictions associated with undocumented status limit these youths' chances for upward mobility through traditional means. Based on ethnography and in-depth interviews, this article examines the experiences of documented and undocumented children of working-class Latino immigrants in Los Angeles. Because their educational and home environments are not differentiated, undocumented youth undergo similar social incorporation processes as their documented peers early on. However, their legal protections end after high school, greatly limiting their chances for upward mobility through education. In some cases, knowledge of future barriers to college attendance leads to a decline in educational motivation. Existing assimilation theories need to be expanded to include this novel and sizeable phenomenon.