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Ayleen Beltran

Ms. Trotter

British Literature

28 November 2017

Annotated Bibliography 1

Basu, Moni. “Daniel's journey: How thousands of children are creating a crisis in America.”

(June 19, 2014): 28 November 2017

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/13/us/immigration-undocumented-children-explainer/index.html

In this article, Basu tells a story about a boy named Daniel who made a decision to come the the

US at the age of 17. He came seeking a better life than what he was living in El Salvador, he

believed that the better solution was to leave or to join a gang. He like many others come to the

United States without their parents illegally. In the year 2104 about 60,000 to 80,000 came to

the United States to seek safe haven. After reviewing the chaos that surged that year, she

examines that Daniel isn’t the only escaping this type of life, there are many others who escape

because of how unsafe it is to walk alone in the streets. Basu explains the concerns of those

immigrant kids who don’t make it and are kept at the immigration border. There is many stories

of how they are kept longer than 72 hrs the limit to keep a child. Ultimately she interviews a

protection associate, she speaks about how these children shouldn’t have to live through this

instead of treating them badly we should be helping them recovering from whatever trauma they

were living in their country. This ties to my capstone because I want to help the students at my

school academically and learn about why they came to the United States. This children have a

story to tell, they shouldn’t be looked down upon, we Americans are very privileged to have
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been born here and have so many benefits these children want as well. We have a community

full of those seeking to be heard and to be taught what we know and they have yet to learn. We

as a community must unite doesn’t matter what skin color we are where we were born what

matters is that we are all humans and have feelings.

Annotated Bibliography 2

Anderson, D. Melinda. “How fears of deportation harms kids’ education.” The Atlantic,

Contributing Writer. (Jan. 26, 2016.) Web. 1 December 2017

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/01/the-educational-and-emotional-toll-of-

deportation/426987/

In this article, Anderson explores the areas of how youth immigrating from Mexico to the United

States feel, they’re afraid of coming illegally to the U.S., and wondering of there future. Once

she reviewed the problem she began to realize how children are being left parentless because of

the immigration policy. Anderson speaks that the students, “Constantly worrying that their

parents will be snatched away, children often feel angry, helpless, and trapped,” they are unable

to concentrate on their studies at school. The author also explains, “families under threat of

detention or deportation will finish fewer years of school and face challenges focusing on their

studies” The fear these parents have are really concerning because of the fear they have of their

kids being deported as well they keep them at home, because they’re undocumented. This all ties

to my research on why do undocumented youth fall back academically, they are scared of being

deported. These youth came here for another opportunity to succeed in a country where you

don’t have to fear being killed on the spot or forced to join gangs. We need to extend our hand to
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help these children falling behind, another reason they fall back is because their parents can’t

help them out and they need the extra help, that’s where we as the students and teachers come in.

Annotated Bibliography 3

Tamer, Mary. “The Education of Immigrant Children.” Harvard Graduate School of Education

(December 11, 2014) Web. 01 December 2017

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/14/12/education-immigrant-children

In this article, Tamer brings up a very interesting topic being how the schools are ill-

equipped to help out the youth coming to the US. Professor Natasha Kumar Warikoo says

“younger than 17 will either be immigrants themselves or the children of at least one

parent who is an immigrant,” she also explains how schools will have to rethink

classroom strategies. Tamer argues that schools in the United States so much on the

United States, not helping those that have immigrated from another country and the more

they can to improve including other countries the better it will be of help to the those

unaware of their surroundings. She also seems to point out another troubling situation in

which almost all the teachers find themselves, being surprised with arriving new students

and they’re very unexpected events. This article proves that students coming from

another country need help academically to be shown the strategies of the United States. It

helps me understand how much help these youth need and how they are lost on what to

do and many don’t seem to understand what is going on in the classrooms. I want to help

those that have fallen back and put the pieces back together, they need to figure out how

the school system works here. I want to know what are the minor struggles these students

need and I can mentor them, I can be that help to those teachers that need an extra
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helping hand. I know that in this way I can impact my Latino community that lives in the

shadows of the United States expectation.

Annotated Bibliography 4

Krogstad, Manuel Jens. “5 facts about Latinos and education.” Pew Research Center,

Foundation: July 28, 2016. Web 01 December 2017.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/28/5-facts-about-latinos-and-education/

In this article, Krogstad speaks about the educational attainment and how it’s changed rapidly

over the recent years. She reviewed how the dropout rate has decreased and students applying to

college has increased more over the years, many are receiving bachelor degrees. The rate in

dropouts from ages 18-24 has changed, in 2000 was 32% to 12% in 2014. They’re receiving

postsecondary education but they still lag on obtaining a 4 year degree. He explains how

Hispanics are less likely to have college debt after college due to the huge population in which it

keeps increasing throughout the years either they are undocumented or kids to undocumented

parents. Hispanics are becoming a greater impact in our community, they continue to expand and

more are attempting to go to college, a lot has changed over the years. This all connects to my

previous question on what are the academic rates of undocumented youth in the U.S., and the

truth is they are striving more. This really impacts my senior capstone because I as a daughter of

previous undocumented parents who are now residences changes how I will view these students

at school. I want to be the help they receive along the teachers who have started all this to help

youth with the basics of being organized.

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Annotated Bibliography 5

Davila, Silvia Alvarez de. Ph.D. Michaels, Cari. “Falling Behind: The Challenges Facing Latino

Education in the U.S.” CEHD Vision 2020, 28 Apr. 2016, Web. 1 December 2017

cehdvision2020.umn.edu/blog/challenges-facing-latino-education/.

In this blog, Davila and Michaels they explain how Latinos make up a large share of the English

Language Learners. They also explain moving from the achievement gap to the opportunity gap,

achievement gap is an ongoing process that shows poor performance in specific group of

students. Opportunity gap is focusing on disparities in experiences and access to education

among different populations. In this blog they’re explaining the downfalls of their performance,

how they use different assignments to check their process. This all connects to my capstone in

the question, “why do undocumented youth struggle?” This all sums up the events we can do, it

only proves how much help undocumented latinos need. They will fall back academically

without our help, we can make an impact. I understand the struggle of growing up in a latino

household and I can say it’s hard because my mom doesn’t speak english, how will the parents of

the undocumented students help them understand. It lowers their performance academically, it

slows them down, and they struggle more but I can and will help.