This article examines staff and faculty allies working to help meet the needs of undocumented students at a large research university in the western region of the U.S. Drawing on scholarly work rooted in critical race theory and ethnic studies, the authors highlight forms of transformative resistance. They focus on four key findings: (1) student…

For over a decade, Latino immigrants, especially those of Mexican origin, have been at the heart of the immigration debate and have borne the brunt of conservative populism. Contributing factors to the public reaction to immigrants in general and Latinos specifically include the sheer size of recent immigration, the increasing prevalence of…

Although blocked by a preliminary injunction, Proposition 187, also known as the Save Our State Initiative, would ban nonemergency health care, schooling, and other social services for illegal immigrants. Since its passage by the citizens of California in 1994, several states, such as Arizona, Washington, Oregon, and Florida, have begun to…

Passed in November 1994, California's Proposition 187 was intended to deny public school education and health care to undocumented immigrants and their children. The rhetoric of current anti-immigrant hysteria has shifted from that of recent decades and relies on both racist and sexist imagery. This narrative shift, with its emphasis on women and…

Interviews concerning attitudes and beliefs about Mexicans and Americans and about life in Mexico and the United States were conducted with 24 wives of Mexican workers in the United States; wives were living permanently in rural Jalisco, Mexico. Topics included moral values, educational attitudes, child rearing, quality of life, California's…

A comparative study examines ethnic group conflict in California, with its Proposition 187, and in Germany, with its hostility toward foreign residents. Historical and ethnographic studies reveal a connection between historically constructed ethnic ideology, intergroup experience, and education. Education is key to finding new ways of combating…