Undocufriendly colleges and universities have a reputation for welcoming undocumented students and offering a more inclusive campus climate via their institutional policies, services, and practices. These campuses are perceived to positively influence undocumented students’ college choice and experiences once they enroll in higher education. Most undocufriendly institutions are in states with tuition equity policies, which allow undocumented students to pay in-state resident tuition fees. Theoretically, the combination of these policies and inclusive institutional practices should offer undocumented students an undocufriendly campus environment that promotes their college success. In this article, we discuss the findings of a qualitative study that examined the extent to which an undocufriendly campus setting was fostering undocumented students’ success and meeting their needs. Through a participatory action research methodology and counterstorytelling approach, we investigated undocumented students’ perceptions of institutional support at the public research university in Virginia that was largely perceived to be the most undocufriendly campus within the Commonwealth.
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