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Georgetown Reaffirms Support of DACA and Undocumented Hoyas

Georgetown Reaffirms Support of DACA and Undocumented Hoyas

By Nina Raj September 9, 2022

Georgetown University reaffirmed its support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the importance of protecting undocumented students.  In an Aug. 26 statement, University...

VIEWPOINT: Advocate for the DREAM Act

VIEWPOINT: Advocate for the DREAM Act

By Abel Flores July 19, 2020

In  August 2001, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) (SFS ’66, LAW ’69) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act in the U.S. Senate. The DREAM...

FILE PHOTO: KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA The University submitted its comment to the proposed changes to Title IX regulations after giving students 8 days to review and submit responses to their initial draft.

Amid a Global Pandemic, Twin DACA Advocates Share Their Story

By Grace Buono July 17, 2020

In April, after losing their uncles Javier and Martin Morales to COVID-19 within 24 hours of one another, twin sisters Melanie (COL ’22) and Sheila Cruz-Morales (COL ’22) faced one of the darkest...

Universities Should Provide Ample Resources to Undocumented Students, Panelists Say

By Elizabeth Brenneman November 22, 2019

Universities should provide institutionalized support to their undocumented students, panelists said at a Nov. 7 conference on Georgetown University’s campus organized ahead of Supreme Court hearings...

JAIME MOORE-CARRILLO FOR THE HOYA | The #HomeIsHere Walkout on Nov. 8 started on Healy Lawn, where attendees were given shirts and beanies, before proceeding to Dupont Circle and the Supreme Court.

Students Activists Hold Walkout Over DACA Case

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo November 15, 2019

Over 100 Georgetown University students advocated for immigrants without documentation in a walkout Nov. 8 before a Supreme Court hearing on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Tuesday. The...

ALEXA VILLALPANDO FOR THE HOYA | Panelists discussed ways to improve support for students without documentation at an event co-hosted by the Institute for the Study of International Migration and Center for Multicultural Equity and Access.

GU Should Enhance Support for Students Without Documentation, Panelists Say

By Elizabeth Brenneman November 15, 2019

Universities should provide institutionalized support to their students without documentation, panelists said at a Nov. 7 conference on Georgetown University’s campus organized ahead of Supreme Court...

 Arelis Palacios will step down in her role as Associate Director for Undocumented Student Services, a position which helps students without documentation achieve their goals, after serving in the role since Nov. 2016.

Palacios to Depart Role Advising Students Without Documentation

By Sarah Donofrio October 18, 2019

Associate Director for Undocumented Student Services Arelis Palacios will leave her position Jan. 31 to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin.  Palacios has worked with...

VIEWPOINT: Support Preservation of DACA

VIEWPOINT: Support Preservation of DACA

By Mahima Chaudhary October 18, 2019

This year’s U.S. Supreme Court session will be distinguished by landmark cases that will direct the future of American society in an era plagued with uncertainty, injustice and virulence. In the hands...

@MCALEENAN/TWITTER | The Department of Homeland Security, under Kevin McAleenan, announced in September 2017 that it will be ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Georgetown Signs Amicus Brief Supporting DACA

By Connor Brandi October 11, 2019

Georgetown University joined 18 other colleges and universities in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on Oct. 7 in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The brief highlights...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | In 2017, Georgetown’s religious leaders participated in a lobbying campaign to protect government programs for undocumented immigrants. University President John J. DeGioia continued the university’s public support Feb.4, by cosigning a  letter that calls for Congress to protect the recipients of the programs.

In Ongoing Show of Support for DACA, DeGioia Co-Signs Letter to Congress

By Taylor Kahn-Perry and Ashley Zhao February 14, 2019

Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia cosigned a letter urging Congress to safeguard the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status programs. DeGioia joined 400...

FILE PHOTO: ALI ENRIGHT FOR THE HOYA

Trump Signals End to Immigration Deal, Alarming ‘Dreamers’

By Josh Metzger April 6, 2018

Students without documentation at Georgetown University were met with an unpleasant surprise Easter Sunday morning, after President Donald Trump fired off a flurry of tweets signaling the end to a potential...

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Q&A: DeGioia Discusses ‘Dreamers’ Advocacy, Free Speech and Gun Violence

By Ian Scoville March 23, 2018

Amid Georgetown’s most active year of advocacy in recent memory, The Hoya sat down with University President John J. DeGioia to discuss Georgetown’s role in national issues, free speech and the...

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