Episode 221: America’s Undocumented Students

Being a college student can be stressful enough, but when you’re an undocumented immigrant, there are many additional hurdles in your way. Dr. Sayil Camacho unpacks what it’s like to be an undocumented student at our nation’s colleges and universities, what more university administrators and faculty can do to support them, and how DACA and the upcoming Supreme Court decision on the program factor into it all.

For More on This Topic:

• Read the report Camacho worked on with Roberto Gonzales, Kristina Brant, and Carlos Aguilar, “The Long-Term Impact of DACA: Forging Futures Despite DACA’s Uncertainty”
• Check out the webinar Camacho put together on Scholar Allyship with and for the Undocumented Community
• Find the essay by Itziri Gonzalez-Barcenas mentioned in the episode, Growing Up Undocumented