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Tag: Dreamers
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College Students and Scholars Concerned with DACA in Limbo, Again
With a federal judge in Texas ruling on Friday against the Obama-initiated program protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation, college students who receive the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are concerned for what comes next.
July 19, 2021
Students
Illinois Bill Could Require a Liaison for Undocumented Students at Public Universities
Illinois colleges and universities could be required to create a liaison position to support undocumented students if the stateās governor, J.B. Pritzker, signs House Bill 3438 into law, reports the Illinois News Room. Sent to Pritzker in June, the bill requires all public universities and colleges designate a āDream Resource Liaison,ā who would help undocumented [ā¦]
July 14, 2021
Students
TheDream.US Report Highlights How COVID-19 Has Disproportionately Affected Immigrant Scholars
TheDream.US, the nationās largest scholarship program for immigrant youth, recently released a new survey report on its scholarsā college experience titled, āIn Their Own Words.ā A section of the survey, conducted from May to mid-June via e-mail, was dedicated to how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the scholarsā jobs, finances and family.
October 8, 2020
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Supreme Court Blocks Trumpās Attempt to End DACA, Educators Celebrate
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administrationās attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children from being deported.
June 18, 2020
News Roundup
Top Higher Ed Groups Create New DACA Resources Website
Several influential higher education groups have created a new website, āRemember the Dreamersā, that will provide information and resources for students and institutions on what efforts are being made to help Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, students. Many of these students are also called āDreamersā, after the Development, Relief and Education for Alien [ā¦]
May 8, 2020
Students
Marymount University Unveils New Scholarship for DREAMers
Marymount University (MU) recently announced its creation of a new scholarship available to DREAMers, or recipients of the federal DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program. Earlier this year, MU began a partnership with TheDream.US, the nationās largest college access program from DREAMers, which enabled incoming MU DREAMers to apply for the organizationās national scholarship. [ā¦]
December 8, 2019
Students
Undocumented Students Reflect on the Role of Faith in their Activism
At a panel at Trinity Washington University, undocumented students reflected on the role faith plays in their activism.
September 24, 2019
News Roundup
UVA Extends Financial Aid to In-State DACA Students
University of Virginia is now extending financial aid benefits to in-state students from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program (DACA).
August 6, 2019
Students
Sitting on Ready: Colleges Brace for Deportation Uptick
Undocumented students at U.S. colleges and universities have faced growing uncertainty in recent years ā even those who have somewhat more security through their participation in the imperiled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program ā and things just got more tense with the Trump administrationās recent decision to step up enforcement of deportation orders.
June 30, 2019
News Roundup
APLU Urges House to Pass New Dreamers Act
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has thrown its support behind the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019. In a letter Monday to majority and minority leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives, APLU president Peter McPherson strongly urged leaders to approve the legislation. The act āwould protect the thousands of Dreamers [ā¦]
June 3, 2019
Opinion
UC Encourages Recipients to Renew DACA Immediately as Court Saves Dreamers Program
President Trump lost more than just the House of Representatives in last weekās midterms.
November 11, 2018
LGBTQ+
Educator Makes LGBTQ and Immigration a Focus of her Work
Trinice McNally sits in her office at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) surrounded by boxes of papers and bags full of empowerment swag-buttons with āundocumented, unafraid and unapologeticā in bold, printed graphics. These items share their space with a herd of elephant figurines standing as silent symbols of her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta.
October 15, 2018
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