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Georgetown Reaffirms Support of DACA and Undocumented Hoyas

Georgetown Reaffirms Support of DACA and Undocumented Hoyas

By Nina Raj September 9, 2022

Georgetown University reaffirmed its support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the importance of protecting undocumented students.  In an Aug. 26 statement, University...

LUNA: Accepting UndocuQueer Identities

LUNA: Accepting UndocuQueer Identities

By Carlos Luna October 25, 2019

I carry with me various identities. UndocuQueer, the intersection of being both Undocumented and Queer, is one of them. At various points in my life, they were both shameful identities that I could not...

Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Vargas: Media Shapes Immigration Narrative

By Alec Dewar October 26, 2018

Media organizations exacerbate discrimination against immigrants without documentation by misconstruing the role that immigrants play in the United States, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio...

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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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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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VIEWPOINT: Sharing in Resilience, Solidarity

By Clara Mejía Orta May 19, 2017

Stories are power. Our journeys at Georgetown University have been marked by moments of bravery, resiliency and solidarity. As we graduate, we leave behind networks of people who have shared their...

UndocuHoyas to Host Inaugural UndocuWeek

By Ben Goodman March 31, 2017

In its inaugural UndocuWeek from April 2 to April 7, student advocacy group UndocuHoyas plans to host various public discussions and film screenings highlighting the experiences of both the on-campus and...

VIEWPOINT: An Uncertain Future

By Luis Gonzalez January 20, 2017

When Associate Vice President for Federal Relations Scott Fleming approached UndocuHoyas last semester to see if anyone wanted to share their story with Congressman Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), I never imagined...

University Appoints New Coordinator for Students Without Documentation

By Christian Paz November 23, 2016

The university has hired Arelis Palacios as its new part-time coordinator for students without documentation, three weeks after student advocacy group UndocuHoyas launched a petition calling for administrators...

EDITORIAL: Support Our UndocuHoyas

By Editorial Board November 15, 2016

Students have circulated a petition through social media calling for the university to hire a full-time coordinator for students living in the country without documentation. The petition was launched Nov....

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Student advocacy group Hoyas for Immigrant Rights coordinated with UndocuHoyas to produce a petition.

UndocuHoyas Seeks Liaison for Students Without Documentation

By Jesus Rodriguez November 15, 2016

A petition urging the university to hire a full-time coordinator for students without documentation  has amassed 721 signatures from members of the Georgetown community as of press time. Student...

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Luis Rosales (MSB ’18), a student who immigrated from El Salvador, received a full-ride scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, allowing him to transfer to Georgetown from Montgomery College this year.

Immigrant Student Receives Full-Ride Scholarship to Georgetown

By Cecia Soza September 2, 2016

When El Salvador was facing violence and economic turmoil in the late 1990s following a bloody civil war, a 9-year-old Luis Rosales (MSB ’18) was brought to the United States by his parents. “There...

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