Over 11 million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States. Many arrived as children, attended school in the U.S. and consider the country their home. Over 60 percent of the undocumented population has lived in the U.S. for 10 years or more. However, undocumented students face substantial barriers to higher education due to their legal status. This brief outlines key facts about the barriers undocumented students face in terms of access to higher education.
Undocumented families live in poverty at higher rates than the U.S.-born.
The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that one third of children in families with undocumented parents lived in poverty.[2] Also, in 2015, 24.5 percent of the undocumented population lived below the poverty threshold and over half lacked health insurance coverage.[3]
A large number of undocumented immigrants is of college-going ages.
According to estimates from the Center for Migration Studies, there are over 1.2 million undocumented immigrants between the ages of 18 and 24.[3]
[For more on this story by Annie Laurie Hines, go to https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/po...rce=bundle_and_blast]
For another story on a similar topic, see DACA HAS NOT BEEN SAVED—AND IT MAY BE IN ITS LAST DAYS.
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