The contributors to We Are Not Dreamers—who are themselves currently or formerly undocumented—call for the elimination of the Dreamer narrative, showing how it establishes high expectations for who deserves citizenship and marginalizes large numbers of undocumented youth.

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction / Leisy J. Abrego and Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales  1
1. "Other" Borders:  The Illegal as Normative Metaphor / Joel Sati  23
2. "I felt like an embarrassment to the undocumented community": Undocumented Students Navigating Academic Probation and Unrealistic Expectations / Grecia Mondragón  45
3. Disrupting Diversity: Undocumented Students in the Neoliberal University / Gabrielle Cabrera  66
4. American't: Redefining Citizenship in the U.S. Undocumented Immigrant Youth Movement / Gabriela Monico  87
5. Contesting "Citizenship": The Testimonies of Undocumented Immigrant Activist Women / Gabriela Garcia Cruz  110
6. Undocumented Young Adults' Heightened Vulnerability in the Trump Era / Carolina Valdivia  127
7. Beyond Identity: Coming Out as UndocuQueer / Maria Liliana Ramirez  146
8. Me Vestí De Reina: Trans and Queer Sonic Spatial Entitlement / Audrey Silvestre  168
9. Legalization Through Marriage: When Love and Papers Converge / Lucía León  190
10. Undocumented Queer Parenting: Navigating External and Internal Threats to Family / Katy Joseline Maldonado Dominguez  211
Appendix: Keywords / Katy Joseline Maldonado Dominguez  235
Contributors  241
Index  245

 

Leisy J. Abrego is Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and author of Sacrificing Families: Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love across Borders.

Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales is Associate Professor of Education at the University of San Francisco and coauthor of Encountering Poverty: Thinking and Acting in an Unequal World.