Discuss how past and current laws and policies continue to negatively impact Hispanic children and families that have mixed immigration status.

Discuss how past and current laws and policies continue to negatively impact Hispanic children and families that have mixed immigration status. Finally describe effective advocacy skills that will increase access to human right protections and services for Hispanic children and families that have mixed status.

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Androff, D. K., & Tavassoli, K. Y. (2012). Deaths in the desert: The human rights crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. Social Work, 57(2), 165-173.
Becerra, D. (2012). Perceptions of educational barriers affecting the academic achievement of Latino K-12 students. Children & Schools, 34(3), 167-177.
Casellas, J., & Shelly, B. (2012). No Latino left behind? Determinants of support for education reform in the U.S. Congress. Journal Of Latinos & Education, 11(4), 260-270.

Videos

Video: PBS Series Latino Americans (2013), Episode 5: Prejudice and Pride (55:16)

Videos

Video: PBS Series Latino Americans (2013), Episode 6: Peril and Promise (55:06)

Anft, M. (2005). Giving a voice to Hispanics. Chronicle of Philanthropy, 17(7), 34-36.

Passel, J., Cohn, D., & Gonzalez-Barerra, A. (2012). Net migration from Mexico falls to zero—and perhaps less. Retrieved from http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/04/23/net-migration-from-mexico-falls-to-zero-and-perhaps-less/
Passel, J. & Cohn, D. (2009). A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States. Retrieved from http://www.pewhispanic.org/2009/04/14/a-portrait-of-unauthorized-immigrants-in-the-united-states/
Passel, J. & Taylor, P. (2010). Unauthorized immigrants and their U.S.-born children. Retrieved from http://www.pewhispanic.org/2010/08/11/unauthorized-immigrants-and-their-us-born-children/
Rodriguez, A. S. (2011). Why Cesar Chavez Led a Movement as well as a Union. Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, 2315-21.
Taylor, P., Lopez, M., Passel, J, & Motel, S. (2011). Unauthorized immigrants: Length of residency, patterns of parenthood. Retrieved from http://www.pewhispanic.org/2011/12/01/unauthorized-immigrants-length-of-residency-patterns-of-parenthood/.