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Bolivia, ix, 2–3, 177, 192, 276
Andrade family and, 1–5, 26–28, 193, 195
visas and, 3, 17, 26
Bond, Kit, 155
Boota, Alex C., ix, 198–200, 208–14, 237–38, 309
border security, 9, 17, 22, 30, 47, 65, 66, 80, 133, 165, 167, 248, 252, 274, 281
border wall and, 285, 286, 315, 322
Gang of Eight’s reform bill and, 248
Obama and, 257, 263, 276
Secure Borders Act of 2007, 70
Sensenbrenner bill, 58–59, 65, 129–30
vigilantes and, xiii, 46
See also ICE, DHS
Boston, Mass., 39, 44, 56, 171, 183, 289
See also Saavedra, Carlos; Teodoro, Renata
Brazil, 12, 15, 290
immigrants from, x, 14, 171–72, 247
Sousa family in, x, 14, 15, 41, 83, 290, 317
See also Matos Sousa, Felipe Brewer, Jan, 122
Bridge Project, 234, 235, 256
Bring Them Home, 251, 253, 257
Brown, Michael, 271–72
Brown Berets, 273
Bunning, Jim, 168
Bush, George H. W., 282
Bush, George W., 13, 19, 46–47, 200, 223
amnesty and, 13, 282
immigration reform and, 46–47, 58
Bush, Jeb, 13, 40, 46
Caldwell, Alicia, 254
California
asylum cases in, 259
bills helping undocumented students, 11, 40, 179–80
domestic violence victims and, 147
drivers’ licenses for illegals, 299
farmworkers in, 103
immigrants in, 62–63, 227
legal case of Leticia A., 11
Proposition 187, 13
US-Mexican border and, 66, 237–40
California Academy of Mathematics and Science, 78
Campaign for an American DREAM walk, 208–16, 220
Candelaria, Jacob, 223
Canizales, Carolina, 231
Cannon, Chris, xii, 12, 31
Cantor, Eric, 256
CARE (Children’s Adjustment, Relief, and Education) Act, 12
Carnegie Foundation, 39
Carrillo, Yahaira, 133
CASA de Maryland, 130
Castellanos, Cesar and Claudia, 41
Castellanos, Lorena, 41
Castro, Fidel, 43, 63, 94–95
Catholic Church, 7, 60, 61, 86, 121, 144
Catholic University of America, 7, 319
CCA (Corrections Corporation of America, later CoreCivic), 47n, 260
CCC (Center for Community Change), xii, xiii, xiv, 34, 35, 38, 39–40, 39n, 130
Change Champion Award, 51, 71
Gonzalez deportation case and, 39, 48
Immigration Reform Movement, 71–72
retreat for young leaders (2011), 176
Charleston, S.C., 181–83
ICE building in, 182–83
Chavez, Cesar, 71, 103, 103n, 273
Chicago, Ill.
demonstrations, 56, 130, 306–7
immigrant movement, 44, 118, 132–133
Jose Gutierrez, 30
Mijente (My People) and, 306–7
Obama heckled, 278
undocumented and unafraid day, 114–15
CHIRLA (Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights), xii, xiv, 32, 137, 142
civil rights movement (1960s), 38, 108
Clinton, Bill, 73, 136n, 223, 225
Clinton, Hillary, 73, 256, 281, 288, 305–6
Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights, Los Angeles, 171
Cocche, Leslie, 120, 132
Coffman, Mike, 316
Cohen, Ben, 294n
Colombia, immigrants from, x, 64, 86, 94n, 95, 181, 278
See also Sousa-Rodriquez, Isabel
Colorado, 212–16
Latino community, 212
sit-in/hunger fast in, 212–16
Connecticut, same sex marriage law, 209n
Coons, Chris, 169
Cosecha (Harvest), 307
Costa Rica, 19
Gonzalez asks permission to visit, 155, 157–59
Puntarenas, 151, 159–61, 171, 224
See also Gonzalez, Marie; Morales Moreno, Marie
Cuban Americans, 43, 61, 62n, 63, 67, 93, 102, 102n, 140
Curbelo, Carlos, 316
DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), 217–19, 225, 298, 307, 311, 318, 321
BRIDGE Act and, 316
donors helping DREAMers, 221–22, 227, 273
pressure to expand scope of, 250, 261
self-deportations and, 251, 252, 259
supporters for maintaining, 321
Trump ruling on, 315, 319–20
Dakota Access Pipeline, 316, 321n
DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents), 275–78, 281, 307
lawsuits against, 281–84, 289, 292–94, 310–11 (see also U.S. v. Texas)
precedents for, 282
Dawson, Rosario, 221
Day Without a Mexican, A (film), 55–56n
Deel, Araceli, x, 243
Deel, Chapin, x, 50, 51, 152–55, 157–59, 224–25, 243, 304–5
Deel, Lorena, x, 304
Democratic National Convention, xi, 216, 222
deportations, 7, 10, 21–24, 33, 114, 273
Andrade case, 193–94
Arreola case, 225–26
blanket deferral, 97
of Cocche, 120
Congress and advocates of, 252
DACA and, 217–18
deferred action, 96, 130, 170, 205, 275–78
DHS review of cases, 204–5
DREAM 30 group and, 252
DREAMers and, 7, 185, 200, 201, 205
“End Our Pain” campaign and, 185
expanded protections against, 280
of farmworkers, 102–3
Gonzalez case, 23–24, 33–34, 37, 39, 48–49, 156
ICE and, 96, 97, 197, 226
Morton memos, 139–40, 201, 202–3
of Muslims and Arabs, 39
Obama and, 120, 138, 139, 180, 200–201, 228, 256, 279, 289, 306, 314
Operation Wagon Train, 68
Pacheco family and, 63, 73, 96
Secure Communities program, 186–87, 190, 279–80
self-deportation, 251, 252, 259–60, 267
September 11 terror attacks and, 39, 97
“Trail of Dreams” and, 111, 127
See also DHS; ICE
Detroit, Mich., 39, 114
DHS (Department of Homeland Security), xiii, xiv, 23, 47, 80
border wall and, 315
DACA and, 219, 276–77
DAPA and, 277, 278
deferred action and, 128, 205
deportations and, 68, 102–3, 120, 204–5
detentions at the border, 257
Gonzalez and, 155, 157–59
Morton memos, 139–140, 201–3
Obama, Napolitano, and, 211–12
Secure Communities program and, 186
Trump policy and, 314–15
work permits and, 152–53
See also ICE
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, xii, 81, 94, 126n, 161
Diaz-Balart, Mario, xii, 94, 126n, 206
Dobbs, Lou, 81, 99
“Don’t ask, don’t tell,” 136–37, 136n, 164, 165, 166–67, 170, 209
Downie, Leonard, Jr., 57
DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act, 12, 13–14, 69, 98, 114, 118, 126n, 136, 140, 141, 142, 236
Andrade and students for, 148–49, 161
Congressional testimony and, 33, 57n
Curbelo’s new version of, 316, 321–22
demonstrations for, 56, 163–64
eligibility for, 146, 147, 203
Gonzalez and, 35–36, 155–57
House passage of, 161
Pacheco and, 204
press leaks about, 211
rally, Washington, D.C. (2004), 25 Se
nate debate and vote on, 161–71
Sessions and, 314
Silicon Valley leaders and, 227
supporters/opponents, 37, 37n, 94, 133, 141–45, 148, 155, 162–71, 321
United We Dream and, 72, 117
DREAM 9, 251–52, 254, 259
DREAM 30, 252, 254, 259, 267
DREAM 150, 259–62, 267
DreamActivist.org, xii, 207
DREAM Big Vegas, xi DREAMer Mothers in Action, 292–93
DREAMers, 6, 8, 11, 12, 40, 69, 94n, 162, 228, 234
applying for DACA, 222
congressional debates and, 145, 162–71
deferred action urged for, 128–29
deportation and, 7, 185, 200, 201, 205
DREAMers of Virginia, 184–85, 228
Durbin and, 12
failure of DREAM Act to pass the Senate and, 169–71
Guggenheim film, 227
lobbying group FWD.us and, 226–27
as mainstream, 221, 294
Obama’s executive action and, 212
Rubio and, 205
self-deportation and, 251, 259–60, 267
Silicon Valley leaders and, 221–22, 227–28
Time magazine cover, 222, 321
See also specific individuals
Dream Project, 177, 178, 179, 228, 234
Dream Summer, 178–79, 219, 229
Duke, David, 285
Durbin, Richard “Dick,” xi, 11–12, 16, 31, 37n, 133, 293
CARE Act and, 12
DREAM Act and, 31, 126n, 128, 166, 167, 168, 321
Gang of Eight bill and, 236
helping undocumented youth, 12, 16, 33, 47, 48, 57, 114, 154, 274
Duvalier, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc,” 94
Ecuador
immigrant activists from, 44, 69, 90
Roa family flees, 91
See also Pacheco, Maria Gabriella “Gaby,”
Edu-Futuro, 179
Emanuel, Rahm, 80
Emerson Collective, 227
evangelicals, 41, 42, 84, 121, 189, 290
E-Verify program, 69
Fair Immigration Reform Movement, 39n
farmworkers, 71, 102–3, 103n, 107, 135, 199, 202, 273
deportation fears, 112–13
“Fast for Families,” 102, 103, 107
in Florida, 63, 102–3, 107
Kennedy bill and, 30–31
protected status for, 276
“Trail of Dreams” and, 98, 102–3, 107
See also Chavez, Cesar
Federation for American Immigration
Reform, 33n
Feinstein, Dianne, 11, 37n, 140
Felix, Cinthya, 134
Ferguson, Mo., 271–72
FIAC (Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center), xii, xiii, xiv, 67
See also Americans for Immigrant Justice
Figueroa, Laura, 41, 42, 290
Flake, Jeff, 65, 236, 321
FLIC (Florida Immigrant Coalition), xii, xiii, xiv, 43–44, 63–64, 86, 103–4
Flores, Miguel, 246–47, 248
Florida, 105–6
as bellwether state, 317
demonstrations (2006) and, 62–63
farmworkers in, 63, 102–3, 107
illegal immigrants in, 16, 62–63
immigrant rights movement and, 38, 92–93, 202
Latino vote, 75, 93
lawsuit against DAPA, 281–82
Puerto Ricans in, 62
Pulse nightclub massacre, 316–317
same sex marriage, 249
Sousa family in, 14–17
in-state tuition and, 40, 249, 264
Florida Association of Community Colleges, 90
Florida Immigrant Coalition, 39, 248–49, 290, 317
Ford, Rex, 87
Ford Foundation, 39, 308
Four Freedoms Fund, 39, 40, 290
Fox, Vicente, 13
Frist, William “Bill,” xi, 37, 46, 47n
FWD.us, 226–27
Gallaudet University, 71
Ganz, Marshall, 71, 82
Garcia, Robert, 116–17, 148, 303
Garibay, Julieta, xi, 65, 69, 71, 165, 313, 315
GEO Group, 47n
Georgi, Howard, 299
Georgia, 113, 202
Ku Klux Klan rally, 108–9
lawsuit against DAPA, 281–82
state immigration laws, 201
“Trail of Dreams” and, 112–13
GetEQUAL, 136–37, 184, 264, 290
Giffords, Gabrielle, 67
Gilchrist, Jim, 46
Gillibrand, Kirsten, 164
Gingrich, Newt, 12–13
Gomez, Alex and Juan, 94n
Gomez, Veronica, 212–216, 220
Gompers, Samuel, 31
Gonzalez, Marie (Deel), x, 18–24, 304
as advocate, 50–51, 69, 96
blogging, 38, 50–51
Change Champion Award, 51
citizenship and, 157
Congressional testimony, 34–36, 48
Costa Rica visits, 224, 243
Costa Rica wedding, 151, 155, 157–58
DACA and, 218
Deel and marriage, 50, 51, 151, 153–55, 160–61, 224–25
deferred action and, 128–29, 154–55
deportation case, 23–24, 33–34, 37, 39, 47–49, 156
DREAM Act and, 25, 35, 152, 155–57, 161–62, 171
employment, 152–53, 156, 304–5
father’s death, 159–60
illegal status of, 21–24
pregnancy, 224–25, 243
UWD and, 308
“We Are Marie” campaign, 37, 47, 72, 156, 159
work permit for, 152–153, 155–156
Gonzalez, Marvin, x, 18–24, 48–49, 154, 155, 159–60
Gonzalez, Nico, 208, 213, 223, 254
Goodlatte, Bob, 252
Graham, Donald, 309
Graham, Lindsey, xi, 80, 126, 127, 165, 166, 236, 281, 321
Grassley, Chuck, 37n
Greenfield, Jerry, 294n
Gregg, Judd, 168
G12 church, 41
Soulfire Revolution (band), 41
Guerrero, Dario, Sr., ix, 8–11, 22, 59–60, 78, 174–76, 250, 265–68, 275, 299–300, 310, 317
Guerrero Meneses, Andrea, ix, 78, 174, 239, 267, 268, 275, 300, 317
Guerrero Meneses, Dario, ix, 8, 9, 77–79
academic excellence of, 59, 145, 173
college admission and, 145–46, 173
DACA and, 219, 236, 267, 297, 298, 311–12, 317, 321
demonstrations (2006) and, 59–60
films by, 200, 266, 297, 317
film studies, 200, 236, 297
Harvard and, 173, 174–76, 197–200, 221, 236–43, 269, 295–300
humanitarian parole, 274–75, 297
internship, 297, 311
life after Harvard, 317
Mexico trip, mother’s illness and death, 242–43, 265–68, 270, 296, 298
returning to the US, 269–70, 273–75
road trip and film project, 237–239
undocumented status, 1, 78–79, 198, 199, 241–42
Guerrero Meneses, Fernando, 9, 79, 237, 239, 267, 268, 275
guest worker program, 13, 306
Guggenheim, Davis, 227
Gutierrez, Jose, 30
Gutiérrez, Luis, xii
arrest at demonstration, 130, 131
border crossing events and, 258–59
DAPA and, 278
DREAM Act and, 206, 322
hiring of undocumented worker, 225
immigration reform and, 65, 143
protests Obama’s deportations, 257
U.S. v. Texas and, 293
young activists and, 140–42, 210–11, 253, 322
Hagan, Kay, 148–49, 166, 168, 169
Haiti, 92, 93, 98
asylum and, 33
immigrants from, 40, 62
Kurzban and, 92, 93–94
TPS and refugees, 315
Hanen, Andrew, 283–84, 283
n, 284n
“Harlem” (Hughes), 35
Harvard University, 71, 240
Guerrero and, 145, 173, 174–76, 197–200, 221, 236–39, 269, 274, 295–300
Immigration and Refugee Clinic, 237
undocumented students at, 1, 240–43, 297
Hatch, Orrin, xi, 12, 31, 37n, 168
Helwig, Robert, 190
Hernandez, Javier, 212, 213–16, 220
Higashi, Taryn, 39
Hispanic Leadership Network, 205
Holden, Bob, 17, 21–22, 23
Holliday, Carey, 90
Honduras, 259–60
Hong, Ju, xi, 252
Hoyt, Joshua, 130
Huerta, Dolores, 137, 278
Hughes, Langston, 35
humanitarian parole, 57, 135, 251, 260, 269, 274, 297
Hunt, Kasie, 286
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), 47n, 48, 69
Andrade case, 189
in Charleston, 182–83
deportation and, 96, 97
DREAMer cases, 128
Farmville Detention Center, 189–91
Morton memos and, 139–40, 201, 202–3
Nation article on sub-field centers, 110
Obama’s deportations and, 256, 289
Operation Wagon Train, 68
priority issues for, 129, 139–40, 202
raid on Arreola home, 226
raid on Pacheco home, 89–90, 96
Secure Communities program, 186–87, 190, 279–80
“Trail of Dreams” and, 104
Trump policy and, 314–15
See also deportation
Iglesias, Enrique, 278
illegal immigrants, 6–7, 46
backlash against, 18, 35, 80, 274, 314
border wall and, 239, 240
Bush administration and, 13
college admission or tuition and, 11, 39, 40, 116, 145–46, 177–78, 202, 234, 249, 264
“coming out” of, 1, 85, 102, 114–15, 170, 180–81, 222, 240, 241–42
DACA and, 217–19, 221–22, 225, 227, 250, 261, 298, 307, 311, 315, 316, 318–21
DAPA and, 275–78
difficulty becoming legal, 6–7, 9, 162, 164, 199
education and social services, 13, 44–45, 66, 67
E-Verify program, 69
farmworkers, 31, 102–3, 199, 276
ICE employer crackdown and, 68
ICE Secure Communities and, 186–87
immigration enforcement bills (2005), 46
in Nevada, largest population share, 278
reentering US after deportation, 6, 48, 56–57, 218, 225–26, 229
sanctuary cities and, 316
Sensenbrenner bill and, 58–59, 60, 61
state immigration laws and, 122, 129–33, 201–2, 225 (see also Arizona)
Trump and, 284–285, 314
unaccompanied minors, 253–54, 257, 263–64, 288
US industries benefitting from, 44
US-Mexican border and, xiii, 46, 47, 65–66, 162, 165, 237–38
in the US military, 30, 167
See also deportation; DREAMers; specific countries; specific people
Illinois, 51, 70, 186