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Georgetown University administrators detailed the university’s efforts to fight for a permanent replacement for the rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at an information session...

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Former Obama communications director Jen Psaki, left, and former Trump communications director, right, discuss their respective experiences in the White House.

Media Narrative Difficult to Control, Former White House Comms Directors Say

By Emma Kotfica September 6, 2017

Emma Kotfica is a staff writer for The Hoya. President Donald Trump’s habit of communicating his unfiltered perspectives to the public through Twitter poses a unique challenge for the White House...

About 115 Georgetown students marched to the Capitol Sunday, Jan. 19 in support of immigration reform. The March for America drew tens of thousands of immigrants and activists.

DeGioia Condemns ‘Unconscionable’ Termination of DACA

By Christian Paz September 5, 2017

University President John J. DeGioia condemned President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, calling it an "unconscionable decision" in a university-wide...

New Post Offers Support to Undocumented Students

By Christian Paz September 1, 2017

The university has appointed its first full-time associate director for undocumented student services to provide support for students without documentation and coordinate legal information and resources...

Community Members Launch Defense of DACA

By Jesus Rodriguez September 1, 2017

Sen. Dick Durbin (SFS ’66, LAW ’69), a Democrat from Illinois, rose to the Senate floor Aug. 2 to tell the story of one of the more than 750,00 beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...

Summer 2017: Important News Updates (Part II)

Summer 2017: Important News Updates (Part II)

By Laura Bell and Laura Bell August 14, 2017

As the final days of summer 2017 wind down and you start getting ready to argue with your parents about packing the car return to your home on the Hilltop, we here at 4E have compiled another helpful guide...

GUSA Signs DACA Pledge of Support

By Matthew Larson April 25, 2017

The Georgetown University Student Association officially signed on to a regional student government coalition’s Student Association Statement of Support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...

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Tens of thousands gathered at the National Mall on Saturday to march to the Capitol building.

Thousands Descend on National Mall for Science March

By Ben Goodman April 25, 2017

The March for Science drew tens of thousands of marchers, including Georgetown students, to the National Mall on Saturday in support of science and in protest of policies of President Donald Trump’s...

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2016 Election and Policies Spark DC Demonstrations

By Jeff Cirillo and Marina Pitofsky April 20, 2017

"This is what democracy looks like!" Groups of demonstrators, most of them young and many of them Hoyas, chanted in unison as they marched down the streets of Washington, D.C., ardent in their protest. On...

DC Reacts to Trump’s Federal Budget Proposal

By Hannah Urtz March 24, 2017

President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget is expected to cost the Washington, D.C. government approximately $103 million and could cut about 120 public-sector jobs, hindering affordable housing...

PETROCHEILOS: Trumps War with Media

PETROCHEILOS: Trump’s War with Media

By Martha Petrocheilos March 8, 2017

President Donald Trump announced in a Feb. 25 tweet that he will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in April, an annual dinner dedicated to celebrating freedom of the...

VIEWPOINT: Assure the Protection of our Patients

VIEWPOINT: Assure the Protection of our Patients

By Jonathan Weil February 28, 2017

In uncertain times, conviction is the currency by which we judge the worth of an institution. To that end, Georgetown should act boldly by publicly endorsing efforts to save and augment former President...

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