Dyson College Assistant Professor of Political Science Kiku Huckle, PhD, has devoted much of her academic career to exploring complex questions related to the intersection of culture, identity, and politics. Immigration and immigration policy has increasingly been a focus of her work.
男女操逼视频软件淢y colleague Katsuo Nishikawa Chavez and I were chatting about projects, commenting how a lot of the immigration research we see is very United States-centric. We男女操逼视频软件檙e very much concerned with who男女操逼视频软件檚 coming in, what is their impact here, how can they become citizens,男女操逼视频软件 says Huckle.
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Particularly, Huckle and Nishikawa Chavez wanted to give voice to the stories of DREAMers. A name derived from the proposed Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, DREAMers refer to undocumented immigrants who entered the country as minors男女操逼视频软件攕ometimes as infants or toddlers男女操逼视频软件攚ho face risk of deportation because they were not born in the United States. Some DREAMers, in fact, don男女操逼视频软件檛 find out they are not American citizens until applying for a job or college.
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Because the DREAM Act is a legislative proposal男女操逼视频软件攊t hasn男女操逼视频软件檛 been approved by the Senate to become law男女操逼视频软件擠REAMers are encouraged to apply for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), a 2012 Executive order that enables DREAMers to work or study in the United States for a given period of time if they meet certain requirements. Yet, since one男女操逼视频软件檚 DACA status must continually be renewed (and its existence is constantly under threat) not all DREAMers opt for a life permanently in limbo男女操逼视频软件攁nd instead return to the country they were born in, even if it is entirely unfamiliar culturally or linguistically.
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Huckle and her colleague were interested in shedding light on these stories男女操逼视频软件攊ndividuals who often identified themselves as American, but opted to leave once they became fully aware of their status and the uncertainties and obstacles it rendered. Thus, with a grant from the Migration Narrative Project (funded by the Henry Luce foundation) Huckle and Nishikawa Chavez were able to travel to Leon, Mexico, where they interviewed five DREAMers who decided to return to their birth country男女操逼视频软件攗ltimately concluding that building a life in Mexico as legal citizens was preferable to staying in the United States.
The interviewees男女操逼视频软件攚ho grew up in different areas of the United States and had different life experiences in America男女操逼视频软件攄iscussed the reasons for leaving. They discussed the lack of security in the United States, the sheer amount of jobs closed off to them, lack of benefits, and constant threat of deportation.
男女操逼视频软件淚n the states I was doing menial jobs, manual labor, my whole education was a waste. Here, I actually feel like my education is serving me something. I am somebody here, I have a career, I can upgrade男女操逼视频软件here男女操逼视频软件檚 opportunity here,男女操逼视频软件 said one interviewee.
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Yet, they also discussed the immense difficulties of leaving the country where they had long considered home男女操逼视频软件攁nd contributed to in the same manner as any legal citizen.
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The uncertain status of these individuals can also make for some incredibly heart-wrenching stories. One interview subject was split from his family after being deported, missing his mom男女操逼视频软件檚 funeral and the birth of his son, who were in America. His partner, also a DREAMer, decided that she would return to Mexico with their newborn son, so they can raise the family together and continue to have a life together. Had she stayed in America, the mere prospect of seeing one another would have been incredibly difficult and risky.
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The documentary explores poignant questions of identity and belonging男女操逼视频软件攁 common thread amongst the interviewees is that their status renders them in an 男女操逼视频软件渋n-between男女操逼视频软件 state, where they don男女操逼视频软件檛 feel like they belong entirely in either country. As Huckle notes, the power of individual stories can give a human element to the issue, and can perhaps help shape policy.
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