Undocumented/DACA Student Resources
SPARC Identity-Centered Resources
TAKE ACTION: FIND INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS
- a site that provides information on opportunities that DACA/undocumented students can and cannot apply for.
- Lack of access to financial assistance is often a major barrier to higher education for undocumented students. The scholarships and fellowships compiled on this site are available to undocumented students across the U.S. at the undergraduate and graduate level.
- A site from Wellesley College that provides resources for undocumented immigrants/DACA status students interested in pursuing careers in healthcare and in the sciences.
- Tools to help everyone, regardless of immigration status, make money by building their own businesses and working for themselves. Learn how to generate income through entrepreneurship and freelancing.
- My Undocumented Life provides up-to-date information and resources to undocumented students, their families, and allies. They post scholarship opportunities that are open to undocumented students, strategies for navigating the educational system while undocumented, information on how to apply for DACA, key upcoming immigration-related events, news on immigration policies, and much more.
FIND RESOURCES: SUPPORT AT EVERY STEP
- The ILRC trains attorneys, paralegals, and community-based advocates who work with immigrants around the country. They inform the media, elected officials, and the public to shape effective and just immigration policy and law.
- They help build power with low-wage and immigrant workers across Western Massachusetts. Together they have strengthened communities, organized workplaces, and take political action to win economic and social change for working people.
- A guide for undocumented high school and college students in the United States. They aim to provide a collection of resources for both undocumented and DACA students.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: SUPPORT ON CAMPUS
International Students Services - ISS assists international students; provides information and programs to international students about the campus and community; and provides support and assistance concerning visas and related immigration issues.
Students of Under-Represented Cultures and Ethnicities (SOURCE)
Lebr贸n-Wiggins Pran Cultural Center
- The Office of Immigration Services (OIS) offers advising and resources to the students of Amherst College community seeking immigration-related information.
MAKE CONNECTIONS: PROFESSIONAL AND ALUMNI NETWORKING
- The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is a national nonprofit resource center that provides immigration legal training, technical assistance, educational materials, and engages in advocacy and immigrant civic engagement to advance immigrant rights.
- TheDream.Us is working to help 6,000 highly motivated DREAMers graduate from college with career-ready degrees. DREAMers are immigrant youth who came to this country at a very young age without documentation.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Regardless of immigration status, undocumented and DACA students in the United States have legal rights. However, they are more likely to face unequal treatment and discrimination when seeking jobs and internships. It is important to know that you have legal employment rights.
- Immi helps immigrants in the U.S. understand their legal options. Their online screening tool, legal information, and referrals to nonprofit legal services organizations are always free.
- Information for immigrant students and Massachusetts colleges and universities on immigration enforcement.
- Informed Immigrant鈥檚 mission is to provide all undocumented immigrants with the knowledge and resources they need to feel prepared in an unpredictable political and enforcement environment.
- NILC is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of immigrants with low income.
- National Immigration Law Center.
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
91猫先生 is committed to provide equal opportunities in regards to on-campus employment. Under the federal law, any employee of 91猫先生鈥攕tudent or staff鈥攎ust have a Social Security Card and be able to provide this to the college before beginning any work for 91猫先生.
Therefore, undocumented students are unfortunately not allowed to work for 91猫先生 or be paid stipends.
Students who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, are provided with an Employment Authorization card (work permit) that allows them to work on-campus.
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