Undocumented intelligence: laying low by achieving high – an ‘illegal alien’s’ co-option of school and citizenship

Aurora Chang

doi:10.1080/13613324.2016.1168539

Undocumented intelligence: laying low by achieving high – an ‘illegal alien’s’ co-option of school and citizenship

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Original language	American English
Journal	Race Ethnicity and Education
Volume	19
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2016.1168539
State	Published - Jan 11 2016

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Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology

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