The Alternative Spring Break border awareness program aimed to generate discussion on immigration issues after two ASB groups returned from the 1,951-mile Mexican border over spring break by constructing...
Immigrants living in the District of Columbia illegally can now obtain drivers licenses in the District after the D.C. Council voted to pass the D.C. Drivers Safety Amendment Act on Nov. 5.
“D.C....
In an effort to show the human side of the immigration rights debate, the Georgetown University Office of Federal Relations is compiling a short film featuring interviews with three undocumented Georgetown...
In the midst of the federal government shutdown, immigration reform activists continued to rally behind their cause Tuesday during a protest on the National Mall, where approximately 200 participants...
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,...
A group of nearly 200 Georgetown students marched in Wednesday’s 90-degree heat from the Hilltop to Capitol Hill, joining a crowd of thousands in a rally for immigration reform.
The Georgetown University...
European immigration experts Olga Gulina, Sarah Perret and Olivier Vonk led a panel discussion on immigration policy and reform in Europe and the United States Wednesday afternoon.
The talk, co-sponsored...
Joanna Foote (SFS ’13) has many reasons to smile. A veteran volunteer at immigrant shelters around the country, she is Georgetown’s most recent winner of the Truman Scholarship, a highly competitive...
The immigrant ethos pervades all aspects of American society, from the concept of birthright citizenship to the mythology of Ellis Island. Some can trace their lineage in this country back almost 400 years,...
Chinese fervor for American education is growing rapidly.
In the past year, the number of Chinese undergraduate and graduate students at Georgetown has jumped 35 percent to a new high of 342.
Coming...
Two mutually reinforcing truths about America get lost in the verbal insults and legal battles of the DREAM Act.
First, America's failed immigration system is the flip side of a failed foreign policy....
Echos of tolerance and liberty still resonate through the streets of small towns, the offices of large corporations and the hallways of universities. The sculptors of the United States based its government...
