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Melanie Yoc

U.S History
Stacy Joslin
June 8,2016

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Thereareabout1millionundocumentedstudentsintheUnitedStatesandoneoutof
fourchildrenhaveundocumentedparents.Allthesestudentsareaffectedbyimmigrationand
beingundocumented.Itaffectstheireducationandtheirnormallifestyles.Studentswhoare
immigrantsorhaveparentsthatimmigrantssuffertheconsequencesofnothavingthebest
educations.Inthearticle
TheEducationofImmigrantStudents
state'sChildrenfacebarriers
becauseoftheirparentsundocumentedstatus,oftenrelatedtopoverty,fearsofdeportation,
andmore,whileundocumentedyouththemselvesfaceincreasingbarrierstosocialmobilityas
theyenteradolescenceandhopetoobtaindriverslicenses,afterschoolwork,andfinancialaid
forcollege.ThisisaproblembecausemanychildrenandadolescentscometotheUnited
Statesinhopeofhavingabettereducationforabetterfuture,buttheyarentableto
accomplishthatbecausesomecantpayoffcollege,orsomearescaredbeingcaughtby
ImmigrationServices.Notonlydoesitaffecttheireducationbutitaffectstheirlifestylebecause
theycantgettheirlicenseorevenhaveabetterjob.Beinganimmigrantorhavingimmigrant
parentscanaffecttheeducationandlifestylethestudentandchildrenmayneed.

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