Educational hopes, documented dreams: Guatemalan and salvadoran immigrants' legality and educational prospects

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 620, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-193

  Menjvar, Cecilia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Guatemalan children; Liminal immigrants; Salvadoran children; Second generation immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549104751     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208323020     Document Type: Article

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