ABSTRACT
This chapter returns to some of the central findings of the close readings presented in this study, but also to the contextualization chapters, drawing together the themes that were explored in all those various (self-)representations of undocumentedness. Moreover, it provides an extensive outlook concerning the developments and potential new directions such representations have taken since the inauguration of President Donald Trump in 2017: While under the introduction of the DREAM Act and Obama’s presidency one has seen not only the emergence but a remarkable increase of undocumented representations, particularly the election year of 2016 and its xenophobic and immigrant-anxious deployments once again shattered undocumented hopes and dreams. While it remains to be seen how storytelling will change in relation to the new administration, and thus in a landscape of public narratives that is becoming more dynamic, but also unfortunately more hateful and hostile, the chapter will end by giving some further remarks on where productions by undocumented authors might be headed in the future.
