Thursday, March 22, 2018

Underground College for Undocumented Immigrants.

      I really enjoyed reading An Underground College for Undocumented Immigrants. This article is exactly what the title states. Personally I always wonder how undocumented immigrants get around with there life, knowing they are not privileged to many benefits of the country. This article mostly spoke about the hardship one particularly family had to endure during the years until DACA was established. It goes on to speak about the education system for undocumented immigrants in Georgia and how many of these students graduated from high school but had their opportunities for college severely limited. People therefore saw the need for a school for undocumented immigrants but it had to be a secret, in order for others who were against this idea not to alert the immigration authorities.
This school was called the Freedom University and they had two huge factors that they had to challenge in order to keep supporting and helping the students. They needed money for supplies and drivers to transport students to schools across the state.
     Student activism became the school's trademark. During the week, students worked minimum wage jobs on the weekend and they were activists spouting social theory. Freedom University got more structured and a few students that were now DACA recipients applied for Colleges in the state and got through. This article was so interesting but I am disappointed that the Trump administration is trying to get rid of this law.

Hope you all find time to read it soon.

1 comment:

  1. very nice article. here is the hyperlink for those who like to read more about it.

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/22/an-underground-college-for-undocumented-immigrants

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