Introduction -- Historical and legal context -- Broadening educational access in Texas -- In-state tuition policies gain momentum -- Challenges to in-state tuition policies -- Federal initiatives and student advocacy -- Conclusion : ¡sí se puede!
Summary
Rincón reviews the struggle by undocumented immigrant students to gain access to college by paying in-state tuition rates. These efforts, which have been successful in ten states, can be characterized as a human and civil rights struggle based on the fundamental premise that no group should be subjected to discrimination. Undocumented students seek equality under the law while affirming their humanity and thus their rights as human beings. Undocumented immigrants seek to overturn government and media images that portray them as illegal; devoid of all rights simply because they are working and living in a country other than the one in which they were born. -- Publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-268) and index
