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Patel, Leigh – Journal of Literacy Research, 2018
In the summer months of 2018, the world watched as thousands of young children were separated from their families and detained by immigration officials at the border between the United States and Mexico. On television screens and smartphone updates, it seemed the world collectively gasped at this cruel familial trauma and asked, "what can we…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Trauma, Immigration, Public Policy
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Sayer, Peter; Martínez-Prieto, David; Carvajal de la Cruz, Brenda – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2019
White nationalism has emerged in the mainstream of U.S. political discourse, and restricting all forms of immigration has become a central focus of isolationist, "America First" policies. In August 2017, TESOL International released its "Position Statement on Immigration Policy and Reform in the United States." The authors…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Stranger Reactions, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning