Supplementary Resources
Immigration Issues
Government Reports and Statistics
- 2009 EDFacts State Profile -- North Carolina
U.S. Department of Education's EDFacts initiative centralizes performance data supplied by K-12 state education agencies with other data assets, such as financial grant information. - Title I, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act
About half the schools and all school districts in North Carolina receive Title I funding. - Study on the Admission of Undocumented Students into the North Carolina Community College System. NCCCS, 2009.
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a statement affirming that it is up to each state to determine whether to admit undocumented students. On August 15, 2008, the NCCCS State Board maintained the restrictions on the admission of undocumented students to North Carolina community colleges. Under current NCCCS policy, undocumented students may only be admitted if they fall in one of three narrow categories.
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly December 10, 1948 - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
Adopted by the United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights December 18, 1990; entered into force July 1, 2003. Article 45 addresses access rights to education for children of migrant workers. - Immigration Policy in the United States: A Congressional Budget Office Paper, 2006
- U.S. Immigration Policy, 2009
Report of the Counsel on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force "makes the case that maintaining America's political and economic leadership depends on attracting talented and hard-working immigrants, and on securing the country's borders in a smart, effective, and humane way."
- U.S. Immigration Policy, 2009
- DREAM Act
Under the provisions of the DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act, undocumented young people could be eligible for a conditional path to citizenship in exchange for a mandatory two years in higher education or military service.
Documentaries and Personal Accounts
- Facing Deportation
Series of videos on families impacted by North Carolina's immigration policies. - Nuevo South
Video documentary featuring Siler City, NC - Crossing Arizona, 2006
Examines the border crisis as seen through the eyes of Arizona ranchers, border patrol agents, politicans, farmers, humanitarians, and Mexican migrants.
Available on DVD in UNC Libraries Media Resources Center. - Displaced in the New South
In the 1980's, over 200,000 Latino and Asian immigrants came to Atlanta and north Georgia. Describes their difficulties and also their successes in establishing themselves in a different culture.
Available on VHS format in UNC Libraries Media Resources Center. - The Guestworker
Documents the story of Mexican farm worker on a farm in North Carolina who entered the United States legally as part of the H-2A guest worker program, and looks at the issues surrounding the program. Available on DVD in UNC Libraries Media Resources Center.
Language and Immigrants
- National Language Act of 2009
- "The Academic and Political Discourse of Minority Language Education: Claims and Counter-Claims About Reading, Academic Language, Pedagogy, and Assessment as They Relate to Bilingual Children's Educational Development," by Jim Cummins, University of Toronto
- Distinguishing between Different Aspects of English Language Proficiency, by Jim Cummins, University of Toronto
Audio lecture. - English First
A national, non-profit lobbying organization founded in 1986, with the goal of making English the official language of the United States.
Other Immigration Resources
- The Economic Impact of the Hispanic Population on the State of North Carolina by John D. Kasarda and James H. Johnson, Jr.
This study documents the nature and magnitude of North Carolina's Hispanic population change and estimates the economic impact of Hispanic residents on individual counties, metropolitan areas, and the state as a whole, along with their associated costs and benefits. - The Handbook for Educators Who Work with Children of Mexican Origin, 4th edition. UNC Global and UNC School of Education.
Information and resources based on 2002 book by Margaret Susan Johnson and Freda Patricia Hernández Rodriguez.
Available only in CD format from http://cgi.unc.edu/handbook or http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/news/2006/resource_latino.php. - Immigrants in North Carolina: A Fact Sheet, by Sejal Zota, 2008.
Provides information on the size and the composition of North Carolina's immigrant population and data on its economic impact. - Issue on Teaching and Immigration, Radical Teacher, No. 84, Spring 2009.
"This issue of Radical Teacher features work that conveys the urgency of teaching about immigration and offers educators ways of meeting that challenge in its full complexity."
Articles in this issue are available online through UNC Library.
Centers, Institutes and Government Agencies
U.S. Government
UNC-Chapel Hill
- Institute for the Study of the Americas
The Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge of the Latin American experience in the Western Hemisphere. - ISA's Latino Migration Project
The project addresses ISA's mission to expand the conceptual scope of Latin American studies to include the diasporic dimensions of Latin American peoples, with attention to the expanding Latin American presence in the United States and with a special focus on North Carolina. - Coalition for College Access
Founded by UNC-Chapel Hill students, the Coalition opposes any legislation that would prevent qualified high school students from attending college based solely on their immigration status.
North Carolina Non-Profits
- El Centro Latino
The mission of El Centro Latino is to improve the quality of life for Latinos living in and around Orange County by providing educational and social services and cultural activities. - Hispanic Liaison of Chatham County
A community based, non-profit organization founded in 1995. Its "mission is to foster cultural understanding between Latinos/as and other residents of Chatham County and to empower Hispanics to overcome the challenges they face as immigrants and find their voice in the community." - El Futuro
"Provides and advances model behavioral health resources for underserved Latinos in North Carolina." - Chapel Hill & Carrboro Human Rights Center
- El Pueblo, Inc.
Other Organizations
- The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego
- Center for Immigration Studies
- Immigration Policy Institute, a division of the American Immigration Law Foundation
- National Council of La Raza
- Pew Hispanic Center
Latino Resources
Latino Arts
- UNC University Libraries Guide to Resources in Latino Art
- 2009 Latino/American Film Festival
Organized by the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. - Latino Arts and Culture Summit
Other Latino Resources
- Latino Links, Richard W. Slatta, Department of History, North Carolina State University
- The Program in Latina/o Studies, a transdisciplinary program housed in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, UNC-Chapel Hill.
Soccer Resources
- Soccer Facts & Stats
- Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
- U.S. Soccer Federation
- Major League Soccer
- Carolina Railhawks
- UNC-Chapel Hill Women's Soccer
- UNC-Chapel Hill Men's Soccer
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