Alejandra Rincón, Ph.D. is the author of a book entitled “Undocumented Immigrants and Higher Education: ¡Sí se puede!” This book chronicles the historic struggle of undocumented students and their supporters to gain equal access to higher education through in-state tuition laws. These efforts, which have been successful in ten states thus far, are the current expression of past civil rights struggles and may have broader implications for the population as a whole.

We ARE Americans: Undocumented Students Pursuing The American Dream (Stylus, July 2009) was written by William Perez, Ph.D., a Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University. He is an emerging leader on research that examines the social and psychological development of immigrant and Latino students. For more information visit: www.williamperezphd.com

A Child Alone and Without Papers reveals what happens to more than 43,000 undocumented, unaccompanied children removed annually from the United States and repatriated to their home countries. Policy analysis and interviews with adults and children in the system revealed the United States often compromises children’s rights, safety, and well-being, contrary to international law and U.S. child welfare standards.