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2nd Annual UndocuWeek Aims to Garner Support for ‘Dreamers’

By Jessica Lin March 16, 2018

A second annual UndocuWeek planned for next month aims to raise awareness and garner support for students without documentation, whose futures remain uncertain after unsuccessful congressional efforts...

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University Continues Push for Dream Act as Senate Debate Stalls

By Sarah Mendelsohn February 14, 2018

As debate stalls in the U.S. Senate over a replacement to the rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Georgetown University administrators and students are pushing forward with efforts...

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Newark Archbishop Advocates Role of Church in Immigration Debate

By Will Cassou February 9, 2018

Giving a face to immigrants without documentation is essential to advocating for their rights, Cardinal Joseph Tobin said during a visit to Georgetown University on Monday. Tobin, the archbishop of...

GONZALEZ PORRAS: Standing for My Own Humanity

By Arisaid Gonzalez Porras February 8, 2018

As I entered the Longworth House Office Building, my heart was pounding. I was going to be in the presence of 435 Congressmen, 100 Senators and the president of the United States — and they would all...

BOSCO: The Jesuit Case for Dreamers

BOSCO: The Jesuit Case for ‘Dreamers’

By Fr. Mark Bosco, S.J. February 5, 2018

As our country nears a showdown on immigration policy and we at Georgetown University worry about the plight of our own “Dreamers,” the recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program,...

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The weeklong GUHereToStay campaign featured a “Dream Wall” in Red Square, where students wrote messages of support to the undocumented community.

GUHereToStay Campaign Rallies Support for Dream Act

By Sarah Mendelsohn December 1, 2017

GUHereToStay, a weeklong Georgetown University Student Association campaign launched Monday, engaging students and administrators to urge Congress to pass the Dream Act of 2017. The campaign marks GUSA’s...

EDITORIAL: GUSA Promises Remain Unmet

By Editorial Board November 17, 2017

Halfway through the term, the administration of Georgetown University Student Association President Kamar Mack (COL ’19) and Vice President Jessica Andino (COL ’18) has made minimal progress on the...

VIEWPOINT: Championing Equity and Opportunity

By Luis Gonzalez October 23, 2017

I have always longed to teach. When former Secretary of Education John King Jr. spoke at Georgetown on Oct. 3 and, in his remarks, called on the audience to be “champions of equity and opportunity,”...

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Washington-Area College Presidents Tell Congress: Pass Dream Act

By Sarah Mendelsohn October 18, 2017

University President John J. DeGioia and the leaders of three other Washington, D.C.-area colleges and universities called on Congress to pass the Dream Act of 2017, a bill that would protect undocumented...

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The Graduate Student Government voted to endorse a letter to ask for more alumni support in Congress for a permanent DACA solution.

Graduate Student Government Votes to Endorse DACA Letter Campaign

By Madeline Charbonneau October 17, 2017

The Georgetown University Graduate Student Government voted to support the publication of a letter from student activists in support of the withdrawn Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to encourage...

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Associate Director for Undocumented Student Services Arelis Palacios called for Georgetown students to support their peers who lack documentation through off-campus activism.

University Lobbies for Dream Act After DACA Repeal

By Alfredo Carrillo September 15, 2017

Georgetown University administrators detailed the university’s efforts to fight for a permanent replacement for the rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at an information session...

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Sixteens students without documentation met with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) Wednesday night.

Georgetown Dreamers Welcomed on Capitol Hill Following DACA Repeal

By Jesus Rodriguez September 7, 2017

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin (SFS ’66, LAW ’69) of Illinois hosted 16 students without documentation on Capitol Hill to express his support after this week’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood...

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