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DACA: A Case Study
This project will focus on a case study of immigrant students from Hispanic and Latino/a communities that attend IUPUI and were protected by DACA. The goal of this project is to use applied anthropological methods to create a discourse about DACA through highlighting the real stories from effected Hispanic and Latino/a students of IUPUI and gain the attention of national policy makers. This project aims to increase political attention; pushing for the approval of the Dream Act Legislation with considerable revaluation of the policy as to encompass the protection of more Hispanic and Latino/a peoples without as many restrictions. This project also wants to expose the injustices that immigrant university students face and champion for a change
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