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Dreamers (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, DREAM) are young immi-grants who were brought to the United States by their parents as undocumented children. Through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, some Dreamers have been able to access higher education, obtain work permits, social security numbers, and driver’slicenses. They have been raised and educated with American values, and despite their deep roots in the United States, these young people are not allowed to fully belong to this country, they are simultaneously included and excluded. This paper aims to identify the main challenges and barriers to integration faced by Dreamers in the United States, based on original in-depth interviews. The experiences of Dreamers are analyzed through the theoretical-meth-odological approach of Critical Race Theory (CRT), Latino Critical Theory (LatCrit), and Un-documented Critical Theory (UndocuCrit) to examine how the intersections of race/ethnicity, class, language, and immigration status affect the lives and projects of young Dreamers.
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