Equality In Our Education System
Essential Question: How is the U.S. educational system depriving undocumented DACA students of future success?
United States is known for its so called “American Dream”, and the land of the “Free”. Many have followed this ideologies and migrated to find hope in a new future with education and success for their kids. Unfortunately these kids whom have been residents residing in United States schools do not have an equal opportunity at attaining a full education. Undocumented DACA students pursuing higher education in the united states are facing deprivations in regards to their financial stability, marginalization, and mental health issues.
Undocumented DACA students have been marginalized and neglected upon our prestige education system, where when it comes to pricing and tuition they are being over charged because of their legal status. These students are being denied of opportunities inside of education and are unequally assisted with their transition into higher education which jeopardizes the potential future of these individuals. In the Article, “The Obstacles Students Face in Postsecondary Education” Christian Juarez States, "On the other hand, six states-such as Arizona, Georgia, and India-have passed legislation prohibiting unauthorized students from receiving in-state tuition”. This just serves to prove the extents that individuals go in order to deprive undocumented students who decided to seek a dream in a foreign country. Education should not be priced dependent on an individual’s legal status, if we have equality we should not have to even worry about their background but focus on intelligence.
As students transition into their college lives, they face many obstacles while attending but for these Undocumented students, the struggle is only worse. These students suffer a variety of situations but the inability to afford housing would have to be at the top of the list. When it comes to pricing as a whole, the students are barely offered a grant for tuition leaving the housing costs up to the students to figure out, while they may be offered separate help by the schools, not everyone attains this opportunity. Housing prices vary, with a triple costing you roughly around the price of $15,000 which many can not afford, causing them to work and borrow loans just to attain an education. These students are being forced to live a hard knock life just to accomplish their dreams, but as doable as it sounds trying to manage work and a education is extremely difficult and deprives one from deep learning.
While these students are pursuing higher education, the road may be stressful and these students serve to prove what the injustices of our education causes to the students who lack a legal status. These students are being proved to suffering from mental health issues because of tensions and high stress levels which affect their ability to keep pushing through. While focusing on succeeding with an education, they still have to worry about the risk they face as undocumented residents in the United States. These students fear self or family deportation, neglections, and have a lack of trust with individuals in power .Undocumented DACA students are human too, and deserve the same rights as any other student and should not be forced into a life of disadvantages and stress which all create an effect on the anxiety brought onto them.
Our education system has been undermining the needs of the DACA students with no legal status and has continuously deprived them of their full potential. It has caused them mental illnesses like stress, anxiety, and depression who all ultimately damages the inner confidence and the resiliency they have. In addition to their well being, they also face barriers with their financial stability when it comes to the over exaggerated prices of housing and tuition. If these student are surpassing limits and being admitted into many universities, they should be given attention and help with resources, in order to make education equal and great again.
