“It’s Always with You, that You’re Different”: Undocumented Students and Social Exclusion

The Role of Campus Support, Undocumented Identity, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on Civic Engagement for Latinx Undocumented Undergraduates

“…Students with DACA may have a more central undocumented identity compared with those without DACA, perhaps because they can escape certain exclusionary experiences that had previously contributed to their feelings of illegality, isolation, and stigmatization (Suárez‐Orozco et al., ). In other words, DACAmented status can give “them hope that they could pursue education and careers and ‘come out’ as immigrants” (Williams, , p. 169) which can contribute to their stronger sense of an undocumented identity and in turn led to greater civic engagement. In these ways, DACA could play a critical role in buffering some of the negative implications of legal status on development for undocumented emerging adults.…”

“Waking Up Every Day With the Worry”: A Mixed-Methods Study of Anxiety in Undocumented Latinx College Students

“…An estimated quarter of a million undocumented college students attend our institutions of higher learning (22). These students face a highly stressful macrosystemic social context in which they face threats of deportation of themselves and their loved ones (11,75) limited resources (54) liminality (76), and social disparagement and exclusion (74,77). Previous rich qualitative studies have detailed both these students many challenges (11,46,52) as well as their resiliencies (73,78) but, to date, given their relative invisibility across campuses and the hard to reach nature of this population, there is a limited survey data or sense of what might be the level or nature of some of their mental health challenges.…”

The Trajectory of Public Attitudes Toward Immigrants in the United States: Latent Growth Analysis Approach

“…To be specific, the attitudes influence the perception of who is (and who is not) considered as a member of the national ingroup (Esses et al, 2002). Therefore, public attitudes toward immigrants are the crucial factor influencing their adaptation to new circumstances (Malti et al, 2012;Williams, 2016). This study exposes the growing presence of anti-immigrant sentiments among U.S. citizens which is likely to result in immigrants' difficulties and potential social division.…”

“…Public attitudes toward immigrants has been examined as one of the crucial factors influencing their adaptation to new circumstances (Malti, Killen, & Gasser, 2012;Williams, 2016). However, corresponding to the increase of immigrant population, anti-immigrant sentiments have been also growing in the U.S. (Flore, 2018).…”