Undocumented Students in Higher Education

We will focus on the struggles and challenges undocumented students face in attaining higher education. We will present a video by People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER), a community based organization from San Francisco. The video reveals the challenges undocumented students face as a consequence of their immigrant status. California Assembly Bill 540 and its current status will be discussed. We will explain the significance of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act and how students, immigrants, and the community organize in support of the DREAM Act. http://ethnicstudies.sfsu.edu