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GULC Urges Biden to End Title 42

GULC Urges Biden to End Title 42

By Annie Kane April 7, 2022

The dean of the Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) signed onto a letter urging the Biden administration to end the use of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Title 42 public...

Event: Uplift Stories of Intersections of Disability, Health Care, Immigrant Rights

Event: Uplift Stories of Intersections of Disability, Health Care, Immigrant Rights

By Marco Uustal November 19, 2021

Immigration policy is disability policy, panelists said at a Nov. 16 event that explored the intersection of disability, access to health care and immigration in the United States. At the event titled...

Public Servants Should Deliver on Local Action, Protect Marginalized Communities, Julián Castro Says

Public Servants Should Deliver on Local Action, Protect Marginalized Communities, Julián Castro Says

By Sophia Epley November 12, 2021

Public servants have a responsibility to deliver concrete benefits to constituents and work to include and protect marginalized groups, according to Julián Castro, former secretary of housing and urban...

Policy Guided by Compassion, Faith Can Repair U.S. Immigration Policy,  Refugee Rights Activist Says

Policy Guided by Compassion, Faith Can Repair U.S. Immigration Policy, Refugee Rights Activist Says

By Laetitia Haddad September 29, 2020

Despite a resurgence of xenophobic policies and attitudes in American politics, many refugees have found strength in faith, author and refugee rights activist Jessica Goudeau said in a virtual book talk...

Coalescing for Reform

By The Editorial Board April 8, 2014

This past Saturday, Hoyas for Immigrant Rights participated in a march from the front gates of the Hilltop to the front gates of the White House in opposition to current immigration policies that have...

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Students to March for Immigration Reform

By City News Editor April 4, 2014

Students from Georgetown will take to the streets this Saturday as part of a nationwide protest of the Obama administration’s deportation of undocumented immigrants, encompassing 40 cities in a National...

McCourt Conference Explores Immigration Reform

By Madeleine Thornburn March 4, 2014

Georgetown University sponsored a panel of ambassadors from Mexico, the Philippines and El Salvador to discuss immigration reform for the 20th Annual McCourt School Policy Conference at the U.S. Capitol...

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McCarthy Speech Faces Protests

By Johnny Verhovek November 15, 2013

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the third-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, was interrupted by protestors calling for immigration reform Wednesday evening, the...

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...

Durbin Calls for Immigration Reform in Gaston

By Matt Gregory October 30, 2013

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) (SFS ’66, LAW ’69) spoke about immigration reform in Gaston Hall Tuesday evening, a call that was briefly interrupted by immigration activists who criticized the senator’s...

Jesuit Coalition Backs Immigration Reform

By Penny Hung and Natasha Khan September 27, 2013

Georgetown joined more than 30 Jesuit institutions across the country this week in calling on the House of Representatives to pass comprehensive immigration reform. The Ignatian Solidarity Network,...

Immigration Reform May Aid STEM Students

By Emma Iannini April 26, 2013

A group of international students studying science and mathematics met with Brenda Dann-Messier, U.S. assistant secretary for vocational and adult education, last week to advocate for an immigration reform...

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