Costo Alto de Política Anti-imigrante Sobre la Familia y Educación: The Adverse Consequences of Anti-Latino Immigration Laws

The aim of this article is to provide indispensable background information about the significance of how anti-Latino immigration policies impact unauthorized and mixed status students and families, particularly from Mexico and Central America. Throughout this article, I maintain that understanding issues of anti-Latino immigration are essential for the prospect of education and for the future of the profession in the United States. I argue that teacher education students and professional educators should be trained and provided professional development to be zealously knowledgeable and recognize how anti-Latino immigration discourses spill into the education profession and how these are interconnected with local and school politics. I advocate that professional educators associate themselves with local and national social justice movements that attempt to divert anti-Latino discriminatory social and educational policies that limit educational access and ultimately belittle the philosophy and practices of the profession. Last, the article concludes with a call to action.