Educating Non Citizens

An International initiative designed to improve student understanding of democratic principles and civic deliberation skills.

Educating Non Citizens

Educating Non Citizens

Should our democracy extend government support for higher education to immigrants who-as young people-entered the country illegally?

Articles and Papers

“Border Security and Immigration” (Alton, IL: Eagle Forum, 2005)

“The ‘DREAM Act’: Hatching Expensive New Amnesty for Illegal Aliens” (Washington, DC: Federation for American Immigration Reform, October 23, 2003)

Feinstein, Dianne, “Senate Judiciary Committee Approves ‘The DREAM Act’” (October 23, 2003)

“Immigrant Rights” (New York: American Civil Liberties Union, n.d.)

“Immigrant Student Adjustment and Access to Higher Education—DREAM Act” (Washington, DC: National Immigration Law Center, 2005)

Papademetriou, Demetrios G., “The Global Struggle with Illegal Migration: No End in Sight,” Migration Information Source (Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, September 2005)

Passel, Jeffrey J. The Size and Characteristics of the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.: Estimates Based on the March 2005 Current Population Survey (Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center, March 7, 2006)

Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)

S. 1545, “Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2003 or DREAM Act”

Schlafly, Phyllis, “In-State College Tuition for Illegal Aliens?” Eagle Forum (March 19, 2003)

Simon, Julian L., Immigration: The Demographic & Economic Facts (Washington, DC: Cato Institute and the National Immigration Forum, December 11, 1995), See especially Sections 1 and 2

Audio Articles

"Historian: Free Education Drew Immigrants to America" National Public Radio: Morning Edition, November, 30 2004

Naylor, Brian, "Bill Giving Children Path to Citizenship Blocked." National Public Radio (October 24, 2007)

Activities & Websites

“The Immigration Debate Links: Illegal Immigration” (Los Angeles: Constitutional Rights Foundation, n.d.)

"Current Issues of Immigration, 2007" CRF Los Angeles, Online Lesson

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