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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Youth Group Performance Highlights Immigrant Plight

Youth Group Performance Highlights Immigrant Plight

By Grace Buono and Harrison Lee February 28, 2020

Georgetown University hosted a group of young performers to put on a musical that highlights the experiences of immigrant families in Poulton Hall Feb. 21. The musical, titled “The Traveling Serialized...

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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...

VIEWPOINT: Re-Examine Misconceptions of Immigrants

By Adrienne Dittman and Rocío Mondragón Reyes November 4, 2016

Immigration is the premise upon which this nation was founded. Yet it has been a topic of continuous contention throughout the 2016 presidential race. The rhetoric surrounding immigration during the election...

GULC Report Finds Undocumented Students Face Significant Obstacles

By Simon Carroll April 19, 2016

A report from the Georgetown Law Center’s Human Rights Institute outlines the obstacles that bar newly arrived children from Central America from accessing public education in the United States due to...

DC Schools Project Love

DC Schools Project Love

By Molly Hamilton and Molly Hamilton April 5, 2016

When I set foot on Healy Lawn at the first CAB Fair, I almost passed out. It wasn’t just because there was free pizza AND free cupcakes at my disposal. It was primarily because the options of clubs to...

All People Deserve the Dream

By James Gadea November 1, 2013

A recent article in The Hoya ("Dreamers Share Stories," Oct. 25, 2013, A7) about Georgetown students affected by the Dream Act revealed to me how closely immigration reform hits home on the Hilltop. Reformers...

Tackle Box Pays Contested Wages

By Ivan Robinson February 8, 2013

Tackle Box, a seafood restaurant located at 3245 M St., agreed Wednesday to pay three former workers more than $4,000 to resolve allegations of wage theft. The conflict featured three workers, one...

Writings Strike Home for Immigrants

By Masha Goncharova April 7, 2011

Visiting authors stressed that their narratives can be critical resources for displaced immigrants attempting to assimilate while maintaining their original identity. The Lannan Center for Poetics and...

Undocumented Students Speak

By Bonnie Duncan November 2, 2010

When Francisco Gutierrez (MSB '13) was a sophomore at his high school in Brooklyn, N.Y., he had plans to apply for an internship like all of his friends. There was only one problem: The application called...

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