Undocumented Youth Mobilization and the DREAM Act: The Potential for Collective Representation in the U.S. Congress
Year: 2012
Type: preprint
Abstract: For some years, the U.S. Congress has been working on the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which would create the possibility for young undocumented immigrants to obtain temporary residence in the United States. This paper looks at how this project fundamentally changes the relationship between American institutions of government on the one hand, and undocumented immigrants on the other. Beyond the change in status of undocumented youth from objects to subjects of the law, and their recent emergence as political actors, the consideration of the DREAM Act leads us to reopen the debate on the concept of collective representation in the U.S. Congress, and how it can be used as a tool in the mobilization and greater representation of the interests of immigrants in the United States.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Author: Fanny Lauby
Institution: City University of New York
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2209088365