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Of the approximately twelve million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, as many as two million came as children. They grow up here, going to elementary, middle, and high school, and then the country they call home won't-in most states-offer financial aid for college or enable them to be legally employed. In 2001 US senator Dick Durbin introduced the DREAM Act to Congress, an initiative that would allow these young people to become legal residents if they met certain requirements. Recently, this young generation has begun organizing, and with their rallying cry Undocumented, Unapologetic, and Unafraid they are the newest face of the human rights movement. In Dreamers, Eileen Truax illuminates the stories of these men and women, who are living proof of a complex and sometimes hidden political reality that calls into question what it truly means to be American.

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Originally from Mexico, Eileen Truax is a journalist and immigrant currently living in Los Angeles. She contributes regularly to Hoy Los Angeles and Unidos and writes for Latin American publications including Proceso, El Universal, and Gatopardo. Truax often speaks at colleges and universities about the Dreamer movement and immigration. Kyla Garcia is an actress and audiobook narrator who earned her BFA from Rutgers University and studied Shakespeare abroad at the Globe Theatre in London. As an actress, her work has included playing Mrs. Zeller in the season-one finale of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and starring in her one-woman show The Mermaid Who Learned How to Fly.

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