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Chronicle of Higher Education
Colleges Deplore Trump’s Threat to DACA. How Far Can They Go to Fight It?
As Labor Day wound to a close, college press offices were busy. News had broken over the weekend that the Trump administration planned to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, known as DACA, with a six-month delay to allow Congress time to attempt a legislative fix.
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StateCollege.com
Penn State President ‘Deeply Concerned’ About DACA Decision
After the Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would bring the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to an end, Penn State President Eric Barron sent a message to the university community and signed on with other college leaders to urge Congressional action.
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Inside Higher Ed
Trump Ends DACA
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, through which about 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children have gained the right to work and temporary protection against the risk of deportation. The administration said it will phase out the program,…
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WCCU
U of I DACA students uncertain and worried about the future
Forty-two thousand people in Illinois will be impacted by President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and some of those DACA recipients impacted live in Champaign-Urbana. Some University of Illinois DACA students said it is like waking up every day and not knowing what’s going to happen. They said their anxiety…
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The Collegian
K-State rallies around DACA students
The Kansas State University administration reiterated its support for “swift congressional action” to protect undocumented students after President Donald Trump’s administration announced the end of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a policy program which granted young undocumented immigrants from immediate deportation.
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The Cap Times
Madison DACA holders try to plan for future after Trump announces wind-down
With the emotional roller coaster of waiting for a formal statement on DACA from the Trump administration over, affected immigrants and their families are now trying to figure out their next steps as they join allies in calling on Congress for action.
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Indiana Daily Student
Many voice disapproval as Trump administration seeks to scale back DACA program
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration’s plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in a speech Tuesday morning at the Department of Justice. Sessions touted the rule of law and called the program’s implementation a circumvention of the Constitution’s separation of powers. DACA was created through an executive order by…
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WTOL
UT, BG presidents sound off on DACA
University of Toledo president Sharon Gaber and Bowling Green State University president Mary Ellen Mazey released statements to students on the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program.
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The Daily Texan
UT recognized for increase in graduation rates, award finalist
UT has been recognized as having one of the nation’s leading initiatives to improve student graduation rates after increasing degree completion by 10 percent over four years. The University is a finalist for the 2017 Project Degree Completion Award, which is awarded by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities to institutions who work to…
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Colleges express support for undocumented immigrant students affected if DACA ends
Ohio’s public and private colleges are supporting undocumented immigrant students after President Donald Trump announced that the DACA program allowing them to remain in the United States should end. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday said the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will wind down after six months to give Congress time…
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